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♂ David J. Brazil
aliasDavid J. Brazil
Record
7000 · 4651

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 0 5
Birth 20 September 1963
Age 60 years + 7 months
First mandate 2 December 2010 → 13 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 3 months + 30 days ago (29 December 2023)
Special notes
None
 
David J. Brazil (1963– )
© Photo 2018 Andrew Scheer — licensed under CC0
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 13 0 22 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 48
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 54–55 28 Jul 2018 — 20 Sep 2018 0 1 23
2. NL 50
PC
 2 ✓ Opposition Leader 57–60 25 Mar 2021 — 13 Oct 2023 2 6 18
3. NL 50
PC
 1 ✓ Party leader 57–60 31 Mar 2021 — 13 Oct 2023 2 6 13

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Danny W. Dumaresque  m 
 		 ⊖ George W. Murphy  m 
 
Eligible: 11,464 Votes: 3,990 Participation: 34.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 December 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14374(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/3 2,640 66.30% +1,597 Loser:
NDP
 1,043 26.19% George W. Murphy

Service: 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,225 Votes: 5,571 Participation: 49.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Newfoundland and Labrador
11 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 6680(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 3,059 55.00% +769 Loser:
NDP
 2,290 41.17% Bill Kavanagh

Service: 4 years 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,641 Votes: 5,866 Participation: 55.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7769(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 3,463 59.22% +1,881 Loser:
LIB
 1,582 27.05% Danny W. Dumaresque

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,698 Votes: 6,025 Participation: 56.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26747(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/2 4,365 73.78% +2,814 Loser:
LIB
 1,551 26.22% Cyril Hayden

Service: 1 year 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,569 Votes: 5,798 Participation: 50.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 35750(F) — 15 Mar 2024 07:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 3,215 56.19% +1,322 Loser:
LIB
 1,893 33.08% Lynn Hammond
After his election:
29 Dec 2023 60
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 9 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,677 Votes: 5,671 Participation: 44.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 January 2024
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 39664(F) — 15 Mar 2024 07:32 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 2,603 45.90% Fred Hutton

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
David Brazil (politician)		 20 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Mar 2024 07:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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