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♂ Barry R. Clark
aliasBarry R. Clark
Record
11222 · 5668

Church of Christ   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 5 July 1948
Age 75 years + 9 months
First mandate 24 April 1978 → 46 years + 9 days ago
↳ at age 29 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 41 years + 7 months ago (26 September 1982)
Special notes
None
 

Barry R. Clark (1948– ?)
No photo available
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 4 5 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph A. Ghiz  m 
 		 ⊖ G. Allison MacDonald  m 
 
Eligible: 7,700 Votes: 6,430 Participation: 83.51% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
54		 Prince Edward Island
24 April 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4785(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
PC
 1/2 3,232 50.88% +112 Loser:
LIB
 3,120 49.12% G. Allison MacDonald

Service: 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,224 Votes: 6,526 Participation: 79.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4753(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
PC
 1/2 3,920 61.39% +1,455 Loser:
LIB
 2,465 38.61% Jack Smallwood

Service: 3 years 5 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,245 Votes: 6,872 Participation: 74.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2535(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
PC
 2/2 3,306 49.16% -113 Winner:
LIB
 3,419 50.84% Joseph A. Ghiz

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Clark, M.Th. Barry Roy		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Barry Roy Clark		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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