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♂ William M. Gallant
aliasWilliam M. Gallant
Record
21867 · 5650

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 20 January 1915 → 109 years + 3 months ago
Lived 73 years + 6 months
First mandate 11 May 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 3 months
Death 21 July 1988 → 35 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 9 months after 1 October 1975
Special notes
None
 
William M. Gallant (1915–1988) 200x229
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Fair trade
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
Prince Edward Island 5 4 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henry W. Wedge  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,104 Votes: 2,837 Participation: 91.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25862(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,544 56.79% +369 Loser:
PC
 1,175 43.21% Henry W. Wedge

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,201 Votes: 2,844 Participation: 88.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25898(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 1,547 58.49% +449 Loser:
PC
 1,098 41.51% Joseph E. Arsenault
After his election:
1 Oct 1975 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,201 Votes: 2,532 Participation: 79.10% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
3 November 1975
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25917(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 1,571 62.05% J.G. Léonce Bernard

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Gallant, William Marshall		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
William Marshall Gallant		 27 Dec 2023

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