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♂ Wayne J. Gaudet
aliasWayne J. Gaudet
Record
22209 · 4206

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 0 6
Birth 12 August 1955
Age 68 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 6 months ago (7 October 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Wayne J. Gaudet (1955– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — 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
Nova Scotia 20 4 8 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 56
LIB
 1 Speaker 41–42 18 Nov 1996 — 19 Nov 1997 1 0 1
2. NS 58
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 44–46 01 Jul 2000 — 12 Apr 2002 1 9 11
3. NS 58
LIB
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 45 05 Oct 2000 — 06 Mar 2001 0 5 1
4. NS 59
LIB
 2 Party leader 48–49 12 Jan 2004 — 22 Oct 2004 0 9 10

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Guy J. LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 7,371 Votes: 6,740 Participation: 91.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1432(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 3,461 51.99% +607 Loser:
PC
 2,854 42.87% Guy J. LeBlanc

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,214 Votes: 6,348 Participation: 88.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1326(F) — 21 May 2022 14:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 2,950 47.28% +372 Loser:
PC
 2,578 41.32% Guy J. LeBlanc

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,145 Votes: 6,247 Participation: 87.43% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1380(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 2,705 43.76% +350 Loser:
PC
 2,355 38.10% Paul J. Comeau

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,504 Votes: 5,833 Participation: 89.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1274(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 3,547 61.55% +2,091 Loser:
PC
 1,456 25.26% Marc Boudreau

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,066 Votes: 5,826 Participation: 82.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 495(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 2,803 48.53% +1,181 Loser:
PC
 1,622 28.08% Arnold LeBlanc

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,905 Votes: 5,297 Participation: 76.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6131(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 3,392 64.68% +2,066 Loser:
NDP
 1,326 25.29% Paul D. Comeau

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,913 Votes: 9,462 Participation: 68.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7216(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 5,122 54.68% Gordon L. Wilson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Gaudet, Wayne Jean (pp. 98)		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wayne Gaudet		 19 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wayne Gaudet		 19 Feb 2024

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