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♂ Patrick George Binns
aliasPat Binns
Record
4913 · 400

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Prince Edward Island 7 0 7
Total 8 1 9
Birth 8 October 1948
Age 75 years + 6 months
First mandate 24 April 1978 → 46 years + 4 days ago
↳ at age 29 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 7 months ago (30 August 2007)
Special notes
None
 
Patrick George Binns (1948– )
© Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 4 2 16
Prince Edward Island 16 11 12 Z
TOTAL 21 1 28

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 59–63
PC
 1 Party leader 47–58 04 May 1996 — 30 Aug 2007 11 3 26
2. PE 60–62
PC
 1 Premier 48–58 18 Nov 1996 — 27 May 2007 10 6 9
3. PE 63
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 58 28 May 2007 — 30 Aug 2007 0 3 2

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Stanley Bruce  m 
⊖ Charles J. Fraser  m 
⊕ Lawrence A. MacAulay  m 
 		 ⊖ W. Bennett Campbell  m 
⊕ Barry W. Hicken  m 
⊕ Charles E. McGeoghegan  m 
 
Eligible: 2,904 Votes: 2,591 Participation: 89.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4773(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
PC
 1/3 1,254 49.74% +75 Loser:
LIB
 1,179 46.77% Charles J. Fraser

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,041 Votes: 2,720 Participation: 89.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4741(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
PC
 1/2 1,408 53.29% +174 Loser:
LIB
 1,234 46.71% F. Wayne Harris

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,299 Votes: 2,713 Participation: 82.24% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2523(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
PC
 1/2 1,320 52.51% +126 Loser:
LIB
 1,194 47.49% Stanley Bruce
After his election:
30 Jun 1984 35
PC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 9 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,000 Votes: 19,801 Participation: 90.00% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Prince Edward Island
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3943(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
PC
 1/3 10,566 53.36% +2,222 Loser:
LIB
 8,344 42.14% W. Bennett Campbell

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,299 Votes: 2,650 Participation: 80.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
26 November 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25924(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
LIB
 1,428 53.89% Stanley Bruce
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,066 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Prince Edward Island
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3648(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
PC
 2/3 7,936 43.93% -1,389 Winner:
LIB
 9,325 51.62% Lawrence A. MacAulay
Eligible: 2,713 Votes: 2,457 Participation: 90.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2395(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:19 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
48
PC
 1/3 1,309 53.58% +287 Loser:
LIB
 1,022 41.83% Barry W. Hicken

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,661 Votes: 2,408 Participation: 90.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2368(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
PC
 1/3 1,668 69.62% +981 Loser:
LIB
 687 28.67% Andy Clarey

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,698 Votes: 2,263 Participation: 83.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2331(F) — 30 Sep 2021 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
PC
 1/3 1,584 70.28% +959 Loser:
LIB
 625 27.73% Michelle Johnston

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,283 Votes: 2,773 Participation: 84.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2303(F) — 15 Feb 2022 21:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
PC
 1/3 1,527 55.15% +397 Loser:
LIB
 1,130 40.81% Charles E. McGeoghegan
After his election:
30 Aug 2007 58
PC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,283 Votes: 2,287 Participation: 69.66% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
15 October 2007
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25934(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,259 55.05% Charles E. McGeoghegan

Online biographical references (7)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Pat Binns		 16 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Pat Binns		 16 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Binns, M.A., Honourable Patrick "Pat" George		 16 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Binns, M.A., Honourable Patrick George		 16 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Patrick George Binns, M.P.		 16 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Patrick George Binns, député		 16 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Patrick George Binns		 16 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pat Binns		 16 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Pat Binns		 16 Apr 2024

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