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♀ Ann Marie Gail Shea
aliasGail Shea
Record
56326 · 407

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Total 4 3 7
Birth 6 April 1959
Age 65 years
First mandate 17 April 2000 → 24 years + 12 days ago
↳ at age 41 years
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Ann Marie Gail Shea (1959– )
© Photo 2011 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 7 0 2
Prince Edward Island 7 1 7 Z
TOTAL 14 1 10

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 40
CPC
 1 Minister 49–52 30 Oct 2008 — 17 May 2011 2 6 17
2. CA 40–41
CPC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 49–56 30 Oct 2008 — 18 Oct 2015 6 11 18
3. CA 41
CPC
 1 Minister 52–54 18 May 2011 — 14 Jul 2013 2 1 26
4. CA 41
CPC
 2 Minister 54–56 15 Jul 2013 — 03 Nov 2015 2 3 19
 1. Fisheries and Oceans
 2. Prince Edward Island [Without portfolio]
 3. National Revenue
 4. Fisheries and Oceans

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Herbert P. Dickieson  m 
⊕ Keith W. Milligan  m 
 		 ⊕ Neil J. LeClair  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Robert J. Morrissey  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,860 Votes: 2,625 Participation: 91.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2403(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
PC
 2/3 1,149 43.89% -264 Winner:
LIB
 1,413 53.97% Robert J. Morrissey
Eligible: 2,882 Votes: 2,642 Participation: 91.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2376(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/3 1,472 55.93% +404 Loser:
LIB
 1,068 40.58% Neil J. LeClair

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,840 Votes: 2,686 Participation: 94.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2353(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/3 1,480 55.29% +303 Loser:
LIB
 1,177 43.97% Neil J. LeClair

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,119 Votes: 2,857 Participation: 91.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2326(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
PC
 2/2 1,276 44.85% -293 Winner:
LIB
 1,569 55.15% Neil J. LeClair
Eligible: 27,020 Votes: 18,576 Participation: 68.75% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 Prince Edward Island
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5904(F) — 8 Feb 2022 08:20 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
CPC
 1/4 8,110 43.93% +55 Loser:
LIB
 8,055 43.63% Keith W. Milligan

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,197 Votes: 19,308 Participation: 70.99% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Prince Edward Island
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6444(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CPC
 1/4 10,467 54.65% +4,470 Loser:
LIB
 5,997 31.31% Guy Gallant

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,858 Votes: 21,449 Participation: 76.99% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Prince Edward Island
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7529(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
CPC
 2/4 6,185 28.95% -4,336 Winner:
LIB
 10,521 49.25% Robert J. Morrissey

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Shea, Ann Marie "Gail"		 11 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Gail Shea, P.C., M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Gail Shea, C.P., députée		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gail Shea		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gail Shea		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 22:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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