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♂ Paul J. Shelley
aliasPaul J. Shelley
Record
56380 · 4604

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 0 4
Birth 11 July 1959
Age 64 years + 9 months
First mandate 3 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 9 months ago (12 July 2007)
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 14 2 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Howard W. Hulan  m 
 		 ⊖ Harold N.G. Small  m 
 
Eligible: 6,941 Votes: 5,086 Participation: 73.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6876(F) — 5 Nov 2022 20:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
PC
 1/3 3,172 62.48% +1,342 Loser:
LIB
 1,830 36.04% Harold N.G. Small

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,005 Votes: 5,965 Participation: 74.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6828(F) — 24 Oct 2021 12:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/2 3,578 60.05% +1,198 Loser:
LIB
 2,380 39.95% Howard W. Hulan

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,209 Votes: 5,153 Participation: 62.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4887(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/2 3,152 61.32% +1,164 Loser:
LIB
 1,988 38.68% Gerald Burton

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,387 Votes: 4,101 Participation: 64.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4839(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/3 3,045 74.52% +2,118 Loser:
LIB
 927 22.69% Maurice Budgell
After his election:
12 Jul 2007 48
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,083 Votes: 4,509 Participation: 55.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4935(F) — 27 Feb 2022 20:45 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
PC
 3,388 75.51% Thomas G. Rideout

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
CBC News Nfld. & Labrador (11 September 2007), Byelection call made in name only for Baie Verte		 09 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Paul Shelley (politician)		 09 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Sep 2023 14:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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