Lila O'Connor

Lila O'Connor
MLA for Lunenburg
In office 1993–1998
Preceded by	new riding
Succeeded by	Michael Baker
Personal details
Born	1940
Died	December 5, 2017 (aged 77)
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Lila O'Connor (1940 – December 5, 2017)[1] was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1998. She was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[2]

After an unsuccessful attempt to win the provincial Liberal nomination in a Lunenburg area riding in 1988,[3] O'Connor turned to municipal politics and was elected a town councilor in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.[4]

She held the seat until resigning in 1993 to enter provincial politics.[4] In the 1993 election, she was elected MLA for Lunenburg, defeating the incumbent from Lunenburg Centre, Al Mosher by 273 votes.[5][6]

She served as a backbench member of John Savage's government. She was defeated by Progressive Conservative Michael Baker when she ran for re-election in the 1998 election. She was again nominated as the Liberal candidate in the riding for the 1999 election,[7] but was again defeated by Baker.[8] O'Connor returned to municipal politics in 2000, and served as a town councillor in Mahone Bay for 12 years, before being defeated in 2012.[4]

Death

Lila O'Connor died in December 2017.[9][10]

References

1. Lila J. O'Connor obituary, afterlife.co; accessed January 14, 2018.
2. "Electoral History for Lunenburg" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
3. "Women still badly needed in politics say Brown, O'Connor". South Shore Now. February 6, 2002. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
4. "Two veteran councillors ousted in Mahone Bay". South Shore Now. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
5. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
6. "Female representation increases, but not by much". The Chronicle Herald. May 26, 1993. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
7. "O'Connor chosen Liberal candidate". South Shore Now. May 12, 1999. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
8. "Election Returns, 1999 (Lunenburg)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
9. "Lila "The Bulldog" O'Connor Died At The Age Of 77". CKBW. December 7, 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
10. "Lila J. O'Connor". Mahone Funeral Home. Retrieved 2017-12-26.