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♂ Robert W.J. Ghiz
aliasRobert W.J. Ghiz
Record
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Lebanese-Canadian    Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 0 3
Birth 21 January 1974
Age 50 years + 3 months
First mandate 29 September 2003 → 20 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 9 years + 2 months ago (24 February 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Robert W.J. Ghiz (1974– )
© Photo 2010 Justin Schuck — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph A. Ghiz (1945–1996) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 11 4 24 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 61–64
LIB
 1 Party leader 29–41 05 Apr 2003 — 22 Feb 2015 11 10 17
2. PE 61–62
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 29–33 05 Apr 2003 — 27 May 2007 4 1 22
3. PE 63–64
LIB
 1 Premier 33–41 28 May 2007 — 22 Feb 2015 7 8 25

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 3,649 Votes: 2,850 Participation: 78.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2339(F) — 6 May 2023 19:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
29
LIB
 1/3 1,433 50.65% +157 Loser:
PC
 1,276 45.10% George MacDonald

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,204 Votes: 2,783 Participation: 86.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2312(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 1,669 60.25% +753 Loser:
PC
 916 33.07% John Abbott

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,042 Votes: 2,355 Participation: 77.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6539(F) — 15 Feb 2022 21:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 1,228 52.46% +529 Loser:
PC
 699 29.86% Linda Clements
After his election:
24 Feb 2015 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 4 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,169 Votes: 2,712 Participation: 85.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7182(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
LIB
 1,054 38.99% Jordan K.M. Brown

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Ghiz, Honourable Robert Watson Joseph		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Ghiz		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Ghiz		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 09:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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