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♂ Keith W. Milligan
aliasKeith W. Milligan
Record
43584 · 5676

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 6 0 6
Total 6 1 7
Birth 8 February 1950
Age 74 years + 2 months
First mandate 2 February 1981 → 43 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 17 days ago (16 April 2000)
Special notes
None
 
Keith W. Milligan (1950– )
© Photo PEICanada.com — 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 19 2 7 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 59–60
LIB
 1 Party leader 46–49 09 Oct 1996 — 05 Mar 1999 2 4 24
2. PE 59
LIB
 1 Premier 46 09 Oct 1996 — 17 Nov 1996 0 1 8
3. PE 60
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 46–49 18 Nov 1996 — 05 Mar 1999 2 3 15

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Carroll L. Kadey  m 
 		 ⊕ A.M. Gail Shea  f 
 
Eligible: 3,069 Votes: 2,460 Participation: 80.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
2 February 1981
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25922(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 1,405 57.11% +350 Loser:
PC
 1,055 42.89% James M. Matheson

Service: 1 year 7 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,371 Votes: 2,663 Participation: 79.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2513(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 1,492 57.38% +384 Loser:
PC
 1,108 42.62% Fenton Boylan

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,242 Votes: 2,850 Participation: 87.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2481(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 1,635 58.75% +487 Loser:
PC
 1,148 41.25% John W. Maynard

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,188 Votes: 2,579 Participation: 80.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2449(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 1,750 68.92% +1,057 Loser:
PC
 693 27.29% Erland Phillips

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,258 Votes: 2,794 Participation: 85.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2428(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 1,660 60.98% +844 Loser:
PC
 816 29.98% Jimmy Stewart

Service: 3 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,069 Votes: 2,713 Participation: 88.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2384(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 1,823 67.52% +1,108 Loser:
PC
 715 26.48% Barry Balsom

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,072 Votes: 2,641 Participation: 85.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2357(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
PC
 1,118 42.54% Philip W. Brown
Eligible: 27,020 Votes: 18,576 Participation: 68.75% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 Prince Edward Island
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5904(F) — 8 Feb 2022 08:20 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
58
LIB
 2/4 8,055 43.63% -55 Winner:
CPC
 8,110 43.93% A.M. Gail Shea

Online biographical references (5)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Milligan, Keith Wayne		 08 Feb 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Milligan, Keith		 08 Feb 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Keith Wayne Milligan		 08 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Keith Milligan		 08 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Keith Milligan		 08 Feb 2024

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