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♂ Don Whelan
aliasDon Whelan
Record
64821 · 4607

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2
Birth c. 1948
Age ± 76 years
First mandate 3 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 45 years
 
Mandate ended 25 years + 2 months ago (8 February 1999)
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Matthew P. Whelan (1916–2000) Father  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 9 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Randy Simms  m 
 
 
Eligible: 10,580 Votes: 7,246 Participation: 68.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6894(F) — 2 Mar 2024 14:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±45
LIB
 1/3 3,310 45.79% +169 Loser:
PC
 3,141 43.46% Randy Simms

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,167 Votes: 6,487 Participation: 70.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6846(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±48
LIB
 1/4 3,407 52.61% +702 Loser:
PC
 2,705 41.77% Eugene Conway

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,886 Votes: 6,699 Participation: 67.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4905(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±51		 Successor:
PC
 3,670 54.92% Thomas J. Hedderson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Don Whelan		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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