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♂ J. Paul Connolly
aliasJ. Paul Connolly
Record
12175 · 5679

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 1 6
Birth 22 June 1946
Age 77 years + 10 months
First mandate 27 September 1982 → 41 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 17 days ago (16 April 2000)
Special notes
None
 
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© Photo John Paul Connolly / LinkedIn — 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 17 6 15 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 60
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 52–53 06 Mar 1999 — 16 Apr 2000 1 1 10

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Horace B. Carver  m 
⊖ A. James (Jim) Larkin  m 
 		 ⊕ Jeffrey E. Lantz  m 
 
Eligible: 6,889 Votes: 6,002 Participation: 87.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
55		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4739(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 2/2 2,423 41.67% -969 Winner:
PC
 3,392 58.33% Horace B. Carver
Eligible: 9,245 Votes: 6,852 Participation: 74.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
56		 Prince Edward Island
27 September 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2536(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 3,348 50.21% +28 Loser:
PC
 3,320 49.79% A. James (Jim) Larkin

Service: 3 years 6 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,182 Votes: 7,974 Participation: 86.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Prince Edward Island
21 April 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2504(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 4,300 54.68% +1,018 Loser:
PC
 3,282 41.73% Ian (Tex) MacDonald

Service: 3 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,514 Votes: 7,588 Participation: 79.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2472(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 5,039 67.00% +2,884 Loser:
PC
 2,155 28.65% Bob Younker

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,132 Votes: 7,737 Participation: 76.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2423(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 4,365 57.34% +1,633 Loser:
PC
 2,732 35.89% Stuart Drummond

Service: 3 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,476 Votes: 2,878 Participation: 82.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2386(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 1,348 47.03% +56 Loser:
PC
 1,292 45.08% Jeffrey E. Lantz

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,568 Votes: 2,854 Participation: 79.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2359(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PC
 1,433 50.42% Jeffrey E. Lantz

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Connolly, John Paul		 27 Dec 2023
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Connolly, John Paul		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John Paul Connolly		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Paul Connolly (politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Dec 2023 21:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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