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♂ David S. Gilbert
aliasDavid S. Gilbert
Record
22912 · 4563

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 0 3
Birth 31 March 1935 → 89 years + 1 month ago
Lived 84 years + 3 months
First mandate 2 April 1985 → 39 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 50 years
Death 1 July 2019 → 4 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 4 months after 21 February 1996
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 10 10 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Harold D. Andrews  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,549 Votes: 4,350 Participation: 78.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14388(F) — 26 Jul 2023 13:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 2,256 52.25% +194 Loser:
PC
 2,062 47.75% Harold D. Andrews

Service: 4 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,702 Votes: 4,698 Participation: 82.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14303(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 2,427 51.80% +169 Loser:
PC
 2,258 48.20% Boyd Pack

Service: 4 years 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,465 Votes: 4,637 Participation: 71.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6881(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/3 2,980 64.54% +1,530 Loser:
PC
 1,450 31.41% James Oxford

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,199 Votes: 6,012 Participation: 65.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6833(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 3,598 60.17% William F. Ramsay

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Dave Gilbert (politician)		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 22:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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