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♂ George Sweeney
aliasGeorge Sweeney
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 9 February 1999 → 25 years + 3 months ago
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 7 months ago (8 October 2007)
Special notes
None
 

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 7 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 10,575 Votes: 6,813 Participation: 64.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4895(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
LIB
 1/3 4,132 60.86% +1,866 Loser:
PC
 2,266 33.38% Claude Garland

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,087 Votes: 6,891 Participation: 68.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4847(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
LIB
 1/2 3,699 53.89% +534 Loser:
PC
 3,165 46.11% John Babb

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,739 Votes: 5,890 Participation: 67.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4943(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
?		 Successor:
PC
 4,367 74.91% Jerome Kennedy

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
George Sweeney (politician)		 17 Oct 2023

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