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♂ Ronald G. Dawe
aliasRonald G. Dawe
Record
14716 · 4548

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 1 4
Birth c. 1944
Age ± 80 years
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 35 years
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 9 days ago (19 April 1989)
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 9 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Joan Burke Shea  f 
 		 ⊖ Hazel A. McIsaac  f 
 
Eligible: 5,739 Votes: 4,102 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14522(F) — 19 Oct 2022 08:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±35
PC
 1/3 1,942 47.45% +546 Loser:
LIB
 1,396 34.11% Hazel A. McIsaac

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,739 Votes: 4,601 Participation: 80.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14470(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±38
PC
 1/2 2,910 63.75% +1,255 Loser:
LIB
 1,655 36.25% Charles J. Mercer

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,217 Votes: 4,897 Participation: 78.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14418(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
PC
 1/3 2,729 56.03% +815 Loser:
LIB
 1,914 39.29% Francis J. Berkshire

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,144 Votes: 4,787 Participation: 77.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14333(F) — 14 Apr 2022 23:41 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±45		 Successor:
LIB
 2,647 55.52% Larry Short
Eligible: 9,219 Votes: 5,580 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4870(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±59
LIB
 2/3 2,464 44.31% -463 Winner:
PC
 2,927 52.63% Joan Burke Shea

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Ron Dawe		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 11:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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