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♂ Perry Canning
aliasPerry Canning
Record
9277 · 4624

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 2 3
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 22 February 1996 → 28 years + 2 months ago
 
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 2 11 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Randy Collins  m 
 		 ⊕ Alec Snow  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 8,518 Votes: 6,190 Participation: 72.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6926(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
?
LIB
 2/3 2,840 46.00% -246 Winner:
PC
 3,086 49.98% Alec Snow
Eligible: 7,642 Votes: 5,610 Participation: 73.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6851(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
LIB
 1/2 3,457 61.77% +1,317 Loser:
PC
 2,140 38.23% Alec Snow

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,346 Votes: 5,662 Participation: 67.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4910(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
PC
 2/3 2,544 45.07% -156 Winner:
NDP
 2,700 47.84% Randy Collins

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
CBC News Nfld. & Labrador (27 January 2017), Former Liberal MHA recruited to senior role in natural resources department		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 11:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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