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♂ Melvin L. Penney
aliasMelvin L. Penney
Record
48983 · 4592

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 1 4
Birth c. 1946
Age ± 78 years
First mandate 20 April 1989 → 35 years + 8 days ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
 
Mandate ended 25 years + 2 months ago (8 February 1999)
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 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Thomas G. Rideout  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,286 Votes: 6,130 Participation: 73.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14323(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
LIB
 1/3 3,148 51.53% +312 Loser:
PC
 2,836 46.42% C. Anne Picco

Service: 4 years 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,858 Votes: 6,685 Participation: 67.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6901(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
LIB
 1/3 3,696 55.42% +950 Loser:
PC
 2,746 41.18% Rex Freake

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,873 Votes: 5,878 Participation: 66.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6853(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±50
LIB
 1/2 3,252 55.59% +654 Loser:
PC
 2,598 44.41% Rex Freake

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,624 Votes: 6,039 Participation: 62.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4912(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±53
LIB
 2/3 2,116 35.08% -1,675 Winner:
PC
 3,791 62.85% Thomas G. Rideout

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Melvin Penney		 09 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Sep 2023 14:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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