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♂ A. Brian Peckford
aliasA. Brian Peckford
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 0 5
Birth 27 August 1942
Age 81 years + 8 months
First mandate 24 March 1972 → 52 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 29 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 16 days ago (19 April 1989)
Special notes
None
 
A. Brian Peckford (1942– )
© Photo 1984 Digital Archives Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 17 0 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 37–40
PC
 1 Premier 36–46 26 Mar 1979 — 21 Mar 1989 9 11 23
2. NL 37–40
PC
 1 Party leader 36–46 26 May 1979 — 21 Mar 1989 9 9 23

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Harold E.J. Starkes  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,910 Votes: 5,001 Participation: 84.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14687(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
PC
 1/2 2,560 51.35% +135 Loser:
LIB
 2,425 48.65% Harold E.J. Starkes

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,647 Votes: 3,761 Participation: 66.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14556(F) — 27 Feb 2022 15:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
PC
 1/3 2,639 70.34% +1,611 Loser:
LIB
 1,028 27.40% H. Corbin Clarke

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,049 Votes: 4,555 Participation: 75.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14504(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
36
PC
 1/3 3,502 77.03% +2,515 Loser:
LIB
 987 21.71% Maurice Budgell

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,049 Votes: 4,268 Participation: 70.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14452(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
PC
 1/2 3,338 78.36% +2,416 Loser:
LIB
 922 21.64% Munden D. Batstone

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,010 Votes: 4,932 Participation: 70.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14400(F) — 27 Feb 2022 16:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
PC
 1/3 3,373 68.56% +2,119 Loser:
LIB
 1,254 25.49% Renold E. Clarke

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,117 Votes: 5,188 Participation: 72.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14315(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
PC
 3,043 58.85% Alvin Hewlett

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Jenny Higgins (2011), Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, The Peckford Government 1979-1989		 14 Feb 2024
FR Non-standard link
Jenny Higgins (2011), Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador, Le gouvernement Peckford de 1979 à 1989		 14 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Brian Peckford		 14 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Brian Peckford		 14 Feb 2024

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