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♂ Leonard A. Simms
aliasLeonard A. Simms
Record
56869 · 4540

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 0 5
Birth 23 October 1943
Age 80 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 11 months ago (1 May 1995)
Special notes
None
 

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
Newfoundland and Labrador 15 10 9 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 38
PC
 1 Speaker 35–38 18 Jun 1979 — 05 Apr 1982 2 9 18
2. NL 41–42
PC
 1 Party leader 47–51 02 Oct 1991 — 28 Apr 1995 3 6 26
3. NL 41–42
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 47–51 02 Oct 1991 — 28 Apr 1995 3 6 26

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Roger D. Grimes  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,335 Votes: 4,353 Participation: 81.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14503(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
PC
 1/3 2,556 58.75% +1,210 Loser:
LIB
 1,346 30.94% Roger D. Grimes

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,335 Votes: 3,955 Participation: 74.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14451(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/2 2,786 70.73% +1,633 Loser:
LIB
 1,153 29.27% Walter Clarke

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,585 Votes: 5,000 Participation: 89.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14399(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 2,208 44.25% +41 Loser:
NDP
 2,167 43.43% Bryan Blackmore

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,147 Votes: 5,250 Participation: 85.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14314(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/2 3,400 64.87% +1,559 Loser:
LIB
 1,841 35.13% Jim Hornell

Service: 4 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,076 Votes: 5,203 Participation: 64.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6893(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
PC
 1/3 3,470 66.89% +2,049 Loser:
LIB
 1,421 27.39% Edward Langdon
After his election:
1 May 1995 51
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,747 Votes: 3,854 Participation: 57.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 June 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14351(F) — 14 Apr 2022 23:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 2,056 53.46% Michael Mackey

Online biographical reference

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Len Simms		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 07:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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