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♂ Gerald E. Sheehy
aliasGerald E. Sheehy
Record
56354 · 4136

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 5 0 5
Birth 24 June 1924 → 99 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 11 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 1 June 2009 → 14 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 8 months after 5 September 1988
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 17 10 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,891 Votes: 5,276 Participation: 76.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8588(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 1/2 2,836 54.36% +455 Loser:
LIB
 2,381 45.64% Lloyd K. Hill

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,708 Votes: 5,995 Participation: 77.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8542(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 3,134 52.76% +551 Loser:
LIB
 2,583 43.48% Hank DeBoer

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,166 Votes: 6,827 Participation: 83.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4787(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 3,863 56.88% +1,393 Loser:
LIB
 2,470 36.37% Carl L. Bruce

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,663 Votes: 6,584 Participation: 76.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1576(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 3,700 56.40% +1,694 Loser:
LIB
 2,006 30.58% Hugh Laurence

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,220 Votes: 6,692 Participation: 72.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1524(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 3,736 56.02% +1,725 Loser:
LIB
 2,011 30.15% Nita M. Irvine

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,333 Votes: 7,242 Participation: 77.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1472(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 3,519 48.93% Earle A. Rayfuse

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Sheehy, Gerald Earle (p. 198)		 22 Oct 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Sheehy, Gerald Earle (p. 252)		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gerry Sheehy		 22 Oct 2023

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