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♂ Otto Paul James Kelland
aliasJim Kelland
Record
31176 · 4568

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2
Birth c. 1933
Age ± 91 years
First mandate 2 April 1985 → 39 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 52 years
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 18 days ago (28 May 1992)
Special notes
None
 

Otto Paul James Kelland (c.1933– )
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Mun./Co. Council ✗
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 7 1 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ D. Joseph Goudie  m 
 		 ⊖ Ian Strachan  m 
 
Eligible: 5,102 Votes: 4,391 Participation: 86.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14412(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±52
LIB
 1/3 2,685 61.46% +1,231 Loser:
PC
 1,454 33.28% D. Joseph Goudie

Service: 4 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,646 Votes: 4,201 Participation: 90.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14327(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±56
LIB
 1/3 2,882 68.90% +1,764 Loser:
PC
 1,118 26.73% Ian Strachan
After his election:
28 May 1992 ±59
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 1 month 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,646 Votes: 3,361 Participation: 72.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 June 1992
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14763(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,923 57.59% Edward M. Roberts

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Jim Kelland		 13 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Jun 2024 21:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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