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♂ J. Peter Kent
aliasJ. Peter Kent
Record
31472 · 1685

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 27 July 1943
Age 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 14 October 2008 → 15 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 65 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 2 years + 7 months ago (19 September 2021)
Special notes
None
 
J. Peter Kent (1943– )
© Photo 2010 Cancillería Argentina — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 12 11 2

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 40
CPC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 65–67 30 Oct 2008 — 03 Jan 2011 2 2 4
2. CA 40
CPC
 1 Minister 67 04 Jan 2011 — 01 May 2011 0 3 27
3. CA 41
CPC
 2 Minister 67–69 02 May 2011 — 14 Jul 2013 2 2 12
 1. Americas and Consular Affairs [Foreign Affairs and International Trade]
 2. Environment
 3. Environment

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Gene Balfour  m 
⊕ Susan R. Kadis  f 
 		 ⊕ Carolyn A. Bennett  f 
⊕ Elizabeth (Liz) White  f 
 
Eligible: 81,121 Votes: 58,548 Participation: 72.17% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 831(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
62
CPC
 2/4 15,021 25.77% -14,274 Winner:
LIB
 29,295 50.26% Carolyn A. Bennett
Eligible: 96,209 Votes: 54,643 Participation: 56.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5884(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
65
CPC
 1/4 26,660 49.01% +5,212 Loser:
LIB
 21,448 39.43% Susan R. Kadis

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 99,867 Votes: 59,947 Participation: 60.03% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6424(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
CPC
 1/5 36,629 61.38% +22,504 Loser:
LIB
 14,125 23.67% Karen Mock

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 81,672 Votes: 54,815 Participation: 67.12% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7650(F) — 2 Dec 2023 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
CPC
 1/6 31,911 58.56% +13,516 Loser:
LIB
 18,395 33.76% Nancy Coldham

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 85,005 Votes: 54,079 Participation: 63.62% Candidacies: 6
Federal
43		 Ontario
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 27003(F) — 22 Sep 2021 19:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
76
CPC
 1/6 29,187 54.56% +10,241 Loser:
LIB
 18,946 35.42% Gary Gladstone

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 85,690 Votes: 50,452 Participation: 58.88% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 Ontario
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36354(F) — 20 May 2022 07:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
78		 Successor:
CPC
 25,687 51.31% Melissa Lantsman

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Peter Kent, P.C., M.P.		 17 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Peter Kent, C.P., député		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Kent		 17 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Peter Kent (homme politique)		 17 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Feb 2024 10:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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