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♂ Jim Bennett
aliasJim Bennett
Record
4084 · 4703

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 1 2
Birth c. 1960
Age ± 64 years
First mandate 11 October 2011 → 12 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 51 years
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 5 months ago (29 November 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Jim Bennett (c.1960– )
© Photo 2013 CBC — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ A. Trevor Bennett (1926–) Father  
⊕ Sandra Pupatello (1962–) Spouse  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 1 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 45
LIB
 1 Party leader 46 06 Feb 2006 — 28 May 2006 0 3 22

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Wallace Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 7,340 Votes: 4,260 Participation: 58.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4966(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±47
LIB
 2/3 1,560 36.73% -931 Winner:
PC
 2,491 58.65% Wallace Young
Eligible: 7,062 Votes: 4,039 Participation: 57.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Newfoundland and Labrador
11 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 6703(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±51
LIB
 1/3 1,815 45.03% +36 Loser:
PC
 1,779 44.13% Wallace Young

Service: 4 years 1 month 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,366 Votes: 6,055 Participation: 58.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7785(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±55		 Successor:
LIB
 3,254 53.88% Derek J. Bennett

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Jim Bennett (politician)		  2 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 21:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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