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♂ Rex V. Gibbons
aliasRex V. Gibbons
Record
22754 · 4552

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 1 4
Total 3 2 5
Birth c. 1946
Age ± 78 years
First mandate 20 April 1989 → 35 years + 8 days ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 11 months ago (30 April 1997)
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
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 8 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Harold M. Barrett  m 
⊕ Charles J. Power  m 
 		 ⊕ Thomas Osborne  m 
 
Eligible: 8,770 Votes: 6,360 Participation: 72.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14339(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
LIB
 1/3 3,389 53.35% +806 Loser:
PC
 2,583 40.66% Harold M. Barrett

Service: 4 years 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,979 Votes: 6,438 Participation: 58.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6913(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
LIB
 1/3 3,094 48.24% +609 Loser:
PC
 2,485 38.74% Paul Sears

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,873 Votes: 6,466 Participation: 65.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6865(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±50
LIB
 1/3 4,152 64.36% +2,504 Loser:
PC
 1,648 25.55% Bren Kelly
After his election:
30 Apr 1997 ±51
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 2 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,200 Votes: 44,206 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2935(F) — 31 Jan 2022 22:23 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±51
LIB
 2/5 16,317 37.08% -3,076 Winner:
PC
 19,393 44.07% Charles J. Power
Eligible: 9,537 Votes: 3,517 Participation: 36.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 July 1997
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14353(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±51		 Successor:
PC
 1,303 37.10% Sheila Osborne
Eligible: 7,575 Votes: 4,915 Participation: 64.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4971(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±61
LIB
 3/3 425 8.70% -3,462 Winner:
PC
 3,887 79.60% Thomas Osborne

Online biographical reference

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Rex Gibbons		 22 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Dec 2023 15:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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