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♂ Edward J. Byrne
aliasEdward J. Byrne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 0 4
Birth c. 1963
Age ± 61 years
First mandate 3 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 30 years
 
Mandate ended 17 years + 3 months ago (1 January 2007)
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Gerald R. Ottenheimer (1934–1998) Father-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 13 7 26 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 43–44
PC
 1 Party leader 35–38 01 Mar 1998 — 06 Apr 2001 3 1 5
2. NL 43–44
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 35–38 01 Mar 1998 — 19 Jun 2001 3 3 18

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 12,924 Votes: 7,923 Participation: 61.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6898(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±30
PC
 1/3 3,709 46.92% +623 Loser:
LIB
 3,086 39.04% Gerald Glavine

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,863 Votes: 6,692 Participation: 67.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6850(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±33
PC
 1/3 3,185 47.67% +67 Loser:
LIB
 3,118 46.67% Gerald Glavine

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,104 Votes: 6,699 Participation: 60.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4909(F) — 27 Feb 2022 17:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
±36
PC
 1/4 4,145 62.00% +2,012 Loser:
LIB
 2,133 31.90% Barbara Howlett

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,165 Votes: 6,804 Participation: 60.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4861(F) — 27 Feb 2022 20:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±40
PC
 1/3 5,315 78.28% +4,244 Loser:
LIB
 1,071 15.77% Joe Wadden
After his election:
1 Jan 2007 ±44
PC
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,134 Votes: 3,494 Participation: 31.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 February 2007
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14365(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±44		 Successor:
PC
 2,744 78.83% John Dinn

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Ed Byrne (politician)		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 16:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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