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♂ Bob Mercer
aliasBob Mercer
Record
42943 · 4623

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 1 3
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 22 February 1996 → 28 years + 2 months ago
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2003)
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 7 7 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Thomas W. Marshall  m 
 		 ⊕ V. Lynn Verge  f 
 
Eligible: 9,840 Votes: 6,876 Participation: 69.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6847(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
LIB
 1/2 3,424 50.05% +7 Loser:
PC
 3,417 49.95% V. Lynn Verge

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,330 Votes: 6,125 Participation: 59.29% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4906(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
LIB
 1/4 3,197 52.35% +792 Loser:
PC
 2,405 39.38% Janice Wells

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,557 Votes: 6,631 Participation: 62.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4858(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
LIB
 2/2 2,624 39.76% -1,352 Winner:
PC
 3,976 60.24% Thomas W. Marshall

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Bob Mercer (politician)		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 15:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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