Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Barry Petten

♂ Barry Petten
aliasBarry Petten
Record
49365 · 4710

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Newfoundland and Labrador
Opposition
 Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 1 5
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 22 July 1966
Age 57 years + 9 months
First mandate 30 November 2015 → 8 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 4 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Barry Petten (1966– ) 200x246
© Photo House of Assembly, Newfoundland and Labrador — 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 8 5 13 Z

Electoral history

Races * 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Rex Hillier  m 
 
 
Eligible: 10,296 Votes: 4,276 Participation: 41.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Newfoundland and Labrador
5 November 2014
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14380(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 2/3 2,034 47.68% -68 Winner:
LIB
 2,102 49.27% Rex Hillier
Eligible: 9,025 Votes: 4,963 Participation: 54.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7770(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/3 2,360 47.72% +173 Loser:
LIB
 2,187 44.23% Steve Porter

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,865 Votes: 5,568 Participation: 62.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26748(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 3,447 62.52% +2,191 Loser:
LIB
 1,256 22.78% Kevin Baker

Service: 1 year 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,738 Votes: 5,408 Participation: 55.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 35751(F) — 30 Dec 2021 14:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 3,063 57.09% +1,122 Loser:
LIB
 1,941 36.18% Shelley L. Moores

Service: 3 years 1 month 21 days (Oppo.)
Conception Bay South
Post-dated race
Provincial
51		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 November 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 39855(P) — 17 Apr 2024 19:52 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
59
PC
 1/3   54.74%   Loser:
LIB

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Barry Petten		 19 Nov 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 19:51 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.