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♂ Donald David Gay
aliasDanny Gay
Record
22397 · 2653

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 3 1 4
Total 3 2 5
Birth 12 December 1950
Age 73 years + 4 months
First mandate 13 October 1987 → 36 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 10 months ago (6 June 1999)
Special notes
None
 
Donald Daniel (Danny) Gay (1950– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, New Brunswick — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 11 7 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 53
LIB
 1 Speaker 44–46 25 Oct 1995 — 31 Jul 1997 1 9 6

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ James K. Gordon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Réjean Savoie  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles I. Hubbard  m 
 
Eligible: 8,161 Votes: 7,264 Participation: 89.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1688(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 4,422 61.84% +1,847 Loser:
PC
 2,575 36.01% James K. Gordon

Service: 3 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,650 Votes: 7,235 Participation: 83.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 New Brunswick
23 September 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1629(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 3,940 54.81% +1,823 Loser:
PC
 2,117 29.45% Emilien LeBreton

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,915 Votes: 7,238 Participation: 81.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
53		 New Brunswick
11 September 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 594(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 3,504 48.83% +160 Loser:
PC
 3,344 46.60% James K. Gordon

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,817 Votes: 7,503 Participation: 85.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 New Brunswick
7 June 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 539(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/3 3,066 41.18% -948 Winner:
PC
 4,014 53.92% Réjean Savoie
Eligible: 45,284 Votes: 33,383 Participation: 73.72% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 New Brunswick
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 671(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
IND
 4/5 1,640 4.97% -12,320 Winner:
LIB
 13,960 42.27% Charles I. Hubbard

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Speakers of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Hon. Danny Gay		 13 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick, Présidents de l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’hon. Danny Gay		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Danny Gay (politician)		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Donald Gay		 13 Apr 2024

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