Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Leo D. Barry

♂ Leo D. Barry
aliasLeo D. Barry
Record
2897 · 4502

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 1 5
Birth 7 August 1943
Age 80 years + 8 months
First mandate 24 March 1972 → 52 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 28 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 8 days ago (19 April 1989)
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 13 3 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 39–40
LIB
 1 Party leader 40–43 21 Feb 1984 — 28 Apr 1987 3 2 7
2. NL 39–40
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 40–43 21 Feb 1984 — 22 Mar 1987 3 1 1

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Patrick J. Canning  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Philip J. Warren  m 
 		 ⊖ Gerald E. Panting  m 
 
Eligible: 4,415 Votes: 3,716 Participation: 84.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14699(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
PC
 1/2 1,858 50.59% +43 Loser:
LIB
 1,815 49.41% Patrick J. Canning

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,926 Votes: 5,612 Participation: 81.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14545(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
32
PC
 2/2 2,237 39.95% -1,126 Winner:
LIB
 3,363 60.05% Patrick J. Canning
Eligible: 6,726 Votes: 5,904 Participation: 87.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14515(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
35
PC
 1/3 3,663 62.19% +1,756 Loser:
LIB
 1,907 32.38% Philip J. Warren

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,726 Votes: 5,182 Participation: 77.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14463(F) — 6 Jul 2023 10:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 3,997 77.43% +3,212 Loser:
LIB
 785 15.21% Sonya P. Abbott
After his election:
21 Feb 1984 40
PC
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,182 Votes: 6,856 Participation: 83.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14411(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 3,321 48.67% +442 Loser:
PC
 2,879 42.19% James P. Hearn

Service: 4 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,412 Votes: 7,049 Participation: 74.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14326(F) — 27 Feb 2022 12:50 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 3,143 44.73% James P. Walsh

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Leo Barry (Canadian jurist)		 07 Aug 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Aug 2023 12:02 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.