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♂ Gerry Byrne
aliasGerry Byrne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 0 7
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 0 4
Total 11 0 11
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 27 September 1966
Age 57 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 March 1996 → 28 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 29 years + 5 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Gerry Byrne (1966– )
© Photo 2018 Dover1958 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Canada 19 6 17
Newfoundland and Labrador 8 4 26 Z
TOTAL 27 11 13

Electoral history

Races * 11  
Path points 12  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Wynanne Downer  f 
 		 ⊕ Trevor Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 57,701 Votes: 22,359 Participation: 38.75% Candidacies: 4
Federal
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10848(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
LIB
 1/4 12,453 55.70% +7,200 Loser:
PC
 5,253 23.49% Danny Kane

Service: 1 year 2 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,341 Votes: 30,401 Participation: 54.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2932(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/4 12,057 39.83% +232 Loser:
PC
 11,825 39.06% Arthur J. Bull

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,745 Votes: 31,861 Participation: 58.20% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2627(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/4 15,405 48.53% +7,108 Loser:
NDP
 8,297 26.14% Trevor Taylor

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,893 Votes: 28,613 Participation: 47.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1046(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 17,820 62.56% +11,282 Loser:
CPC
 6,538 22.95% Wynanne Downer

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,685 Votes: 32,722 Participation: 54.82% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 650(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/4 17,208 52.90% +7,071 Loser:
CPC
 10,137 31.16% Cyril Jr. Pelley

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,797 Votes: 26,472 Participation: 44.27% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5778(F) — 6 Sep 2021 20:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/4 17,956 68.22% +13,353 Loser:
NDP
 4,603 17.49% Mark Kennedy

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,109 Votes: 30,111 Participation: 50.94% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6318(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/5 17,119 57.04% +9,560 Loser:
CPC
 7,559 25.18% Trevor Taylor

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 71,918 Votes: 41,932 Participation: 58.31% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7403(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 30,889 73.85% Gudrid I. Hutchings
Eligible: 10,391 Votes: 4,701 Participation: 45.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7775(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 3,121 66.67% +2,340 Loser:
NDP
 781 16.68% Holly Pike

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,115 Votes: 5,051 Participation: 49.94% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26749(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/4 2,436 48.85% +754 Loser:
PC
 1,682 33.73% Tom Stewart

Service: 1 year 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,284 Votes: 3,953 Participation: 38.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 35752(F) — 30 Dec 2021 14:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 2,593 66.54% +1,289 Loser:
PC
 1,304 33.46% Tom Stewart

Service: 3 years 1 month 3 days (Gov't)
Corner Brook
Post-dated race
Provincial
51		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 November 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 39856(P) — 17 Apr 2024 19:53 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
59
LIB
 1/3   60.63%   Loser:
PC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Gerry Byrne, P.C., M.P.		 10 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Gerry Byrne, C.P., député		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gerry Byrne (politician)		 10 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gerry Byrne (homme politique)		 10 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 19:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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