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♂ Robert Joseph Morrissey
aliasRobert Joseph Morrissey
Record
44847 · 410

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Prince Edward Island 5 0 5
Total 8 1 9
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 18 November 1954
Age 69 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 September 1982 → 41 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 10 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Robert Joseph Morrissey (1954– )
© Photo 2021 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 8 6 6
Prince Edward Island 17 6 15 Z
TOTAL 26 0 21

Electoral history

Races * 9  
Path points 10  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Herbert P. Dickieson  m 
 		 ⊕ A.M. Gail Shea  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 7,073 Votes: 5,720 Participation: 80.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2507(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 1/2 2,748 50.11% +12 Loser:
PC
 2,736 49.89% Gerald J. Keough

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,352 Votes: 6,564 Participation: 89.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2475(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/2 3,415 53.92% +497 Loser:
PC
 2,918 46.08% Joe LeClair

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,520 Votes: 6,025 Participation: 80.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2443(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/3 4,001 67.11% +2,205 Loser:
PC
 1,796 30.12% Gerarda Corcoran

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,741 Votes: 6,555 Participation: 84.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2426(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 3,530 55.13% +930 Loser:
PC
 2,600 40.61% Larry Gaudet

Service: 3 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 1,413 53.97% +264 Loser:
PC
 1,149 43.89% A.M. Gail Shea

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Oppo.)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 1,472 55.93% A.M. Gail Shea
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 1/4 10,521 49.25% +4,336 Loser:
CPC
 6,185 28.95% A.M. Gail Shea

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,557 Votes: 20,452 Participation: 71.62% Candidacies: 4
Federal
43		 Prince Edward Island
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 27023(F) — 22 Sep 2021 07:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 8,016 39.73% +1,082 Loser:
CPC
 6,934 34.36% Logan McLellan

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,729 Votes: 19,805 Participation: 68.94% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 Prince Edward Island
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36374(F) — 19 May 2022 21:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/5 9,040 46.21% +2,952 Loser:
CPC
 6,088 31.12% Barry Balsom

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Egmont
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Prince Edward Island
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39563(P) — 23 Jan 2024 22:09 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
70
LIB
 2/5   36.71%   Winner:
CPC

Online biographical references (6)

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.])
Morrissey, Robert "Bobby" Joseph		 06 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Morrissey, Robert Joseph		 06 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Robert Morrissey, M.P.		 06 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Robert Morrissey, député		 06 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Robert Joseph Morrissey		 06 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bobby Morrissey		 06 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bobby Morrissey		 06 Apr 2024

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