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♀ V. Lynn Verge
aliasV. Lynn Verge
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 1 6
Birth c. 1951
Age ± 73 years
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 28 years
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 2 months ago (21 February 1996)
Special notes
None
 
V. Lynn Verge (c.1951– )
© Photo 2016 Lynn Verge via International Conference of Independent Libraries & Mechanics’ Institutes — 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 16 8 0 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 42
PC
 1 Party leader 44–45 29 Apr 1995 — 22 Feb 1996 0 9 24
2. NL 42
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 44–45 29 Apr 1995 — 21 Feb 1996 0 9 23

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Paul D. Dicks  m 
⊕ Clyde K. Wells  m 
 		 ⊕ Bob Mercer  m 
 
Eligible: 6,041 Votes: 4,272 Participation: 70.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14507(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±28
PC
 1/3 2,489 58.41% +1,192 Loser:
LIB
 1,297 30.44% George Colbourne

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,041 Votes: 4,649 Participation: 76.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14455(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±31
PC
 1/3 3,102 66.82% +1,853 Loser:
LIB
 1,249 26.91% Paul D. Dicks

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,514 Votes: 6,630 Participation: 77.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14403(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±34
PC
 1/3 2,955 44.63% +285 Loser:
LIB
 2,670 40.33% Keith Payne

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,243 Votes: 7,316 Participation: 88.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14318(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±38
PC
 1/3 3,658 50.10% +143 Loser:
LIB
 3,515 48.14% Clyde K. Wells

Service: 4 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,731 Votes: 6,980 Participation: 65.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6895(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±42
PC
 1/3 3,696 53.10% +615 Loser:
LIB
 3,081 44.26% Priscilla Boutcher

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,840 Votes: 6,876 Participation: 69.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6847(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
±45
PC
 2/2 3,417 49.95% -7 Winner:
LIB
 3,424 50.05% Bob Mercer

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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Lynn Verge		 31 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Mar 2024 12:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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