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♂ Wally Andersen
aliasWally Andersen
Record
849 · 4633

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Newfoundland and Labrador 3 0 3
Birth 31 July 1951
Age 72 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 February 1996 → 28 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 8 months ago (5 September 2007)
Special notes
Served three months of a 15-month sentence in 2009 for fraud, uttering a forged document, and breach of trust in connection with a multimillion-dollar legislative spending scandal.
 
Wally Andersen (1951– )
© Photo 2016 CBC — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Randy Edmunds Nephew  
⊕ Lela M.A. Evans Niece  
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region Nunatsiavut (2022– )
Mayor/Reeve Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador (2018–2021)
Mun./Co. Council Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador (2016–2018)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 11 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 1,340 Votes: 1,134 Participation: 84.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6869(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 795 70.29% +459 Loser:
PC
 336 29.71% William M. Flowers

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,524 Votes: 1,223 Participation: 80.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4928(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,036 85.06% +854 Loser:
PC
 182 14.94% Simeon Tshakapesh

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,024 Votes: 1,368 Participation: 67.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4880(F) — 14 Apr 2022 22:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 934 68.93% +582 Loser:
PC
 352 25.98% Winston C. White
After his election:
5 Sep 2007 56
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,079 Votes: 1,480 Participation: 71.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4976(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 794 54.16% Patty Pottle

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Wally Andersen		 16 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 May 2024 20:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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