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♂ Peter Fenwick
aliasPeter Fenwick
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 29%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 3 5
Total 2 5 7
Birth 18 July 1944
Age 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 9 October 1984 → 39 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 9 days ago (19 April 1989)
Special notes
None
 
Peter Fenwick (1944– )
© Photo 2019 Peter Fenwick via SaltWire — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Fenwick went from being the leader of the Newfoundland NDP for much of the 1980s and being the MHA for Menihek from 1984 to 1989, to running for the Canadian (Reform Conservative) Alliance in the riding of Burin—St George's during the 2000 federal election.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 6 8 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 38–40
NDP
 1 Party leader 37–44 08 Nov 1981 — 19 Mar 1989 7 4 11

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Raymond J.T. Baird  m 
⊕ Danny W. Dumaresque  m 
⊕ William Matthews  m 
⊕ Alec Snow  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Wilson E. Callan  m 
⊖ Glenn C. Greening  m 
⊕ Roger C. Simmons  m 
⊖ Paul S. Thoms  m 
 
Eligible: 38,277 Votes: 21,561 Participation: 56.33% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4111(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
35
NDP
 3/3 2,929 13.67% -12,050 Winner:
LIB
 14,979 69.90% Roger C. Simmons
Eligible: 7,418 Votes: 5,824 Participation: 78.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 April 1981
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14750(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
36
NDP
 3/3 92 1.59% -3,109 Winner:
LIB
 3,201 55.18% Wilson E. Callan
Eligible: 6,488 Votes: 5,277 Participation: 81.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14457(F) — 27 Feb 2022 15:55 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
NDP
 3/3 765 14.54% -2,600 Winner:
PC
 3,365 63.97% Raymond J.T. Baird
Eligible: 6,200 Votes: 4,835 Participation: 77.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
7 December 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14751(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
39
NDP
 3/3 239 4.96% -2,432 Winner:
PC
 2,671 55.38% Glenn C. Greening
Eligible: 7,369 Votes: 4,335 Participation: 58.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14752(F) — 27 Feb 2022 16:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/3 1,744 40.32% +60 Loser:
PC
 1,684 38.94% Alec Snow

Service: 5 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,350 Votes: 5,767 Participation: 90.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14409(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/3 2,841 49.41% +231 Loser:
PC
 2,610 45.39% Alec Snow

Service: 4 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,504 Votes: 5,660 Participation: 87.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14324(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
PC
 3,004 53.15% Alec Snow
Eligible: 53,526 Votes: 31,068 Participation: 58.04% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2629(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
56
CA
 4/5 1,511 4.92% -13,092 Winner:
LIB
 14,603 47.52% William Matthews

Online biographical reference

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Peter Fenwick (politician)		 25 Feb 2024

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