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♂ Jim Lester
aliasJim Lester
Record
35934 · 4686

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 2 4
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 21 November 2017 → 6 years + 5 months ago
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 1 month ago (24 March 2021)
Special notes
None
 
Jim Lester (? – ) 200x251
© Photo 2020 Bruce Tilley / CBC — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 8 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Paul G. Lane  m 
⊕ Lucy S. Stoyles  f 
 		 ⊕ Jennifer J.G. McCreath  f 
 
Eligible: 9,558 Votes: 5,420 Participation: 56.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7787(F) — 6 Jul 2023 10:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
?
PC
 2/3 2,318 42.93% -241 Winner:
LIB
 2,559 47.40% Paul G. Lane
Eligible: 10,650 Votes: 4,418 Participation: 41.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 November 2017
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14741(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
PC
 1/4 2,063 46.88% +934 Loser:
LIB
 1,129 25.65% Jim Burton

Service: 1 year 10 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,155 Votes: 5,936 Participation: 58.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26763(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
PC
 1/4 2,907 49.24% +711 Loser:
LIB
 2,196 37.20% Nicole Kieley

Service: 1 year 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,531 Votes: 5,228 Participation: 49.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 35766(F) — 28 Nov 2022 06:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
PC
 2/4 2,319 44.60% -109 Winner:
LIB
 2,428 46.69% Lucy S. Stoyles

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Jim Lester (Canadian politician)		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 13:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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