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♂ Randy E. Cooke
aliasRandy E. Cooke
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Prince Edward Island 1 0 1
Birth 4 July 1961
Age 62 years + 9 months
First mandate 29 March 1993 → 31 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 31 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 8 months ago (21 August 1995)
Special notes
None
 

Randy E. Cooke (1961– ?)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Cooke ended up living up to his given name. The Prince Edward Island Liberal resigned his seat after admitting that he had billed phone-sex calls to his legislature calling card.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 2 4 22 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Herbert P. Dickieson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,258 Votes: 2,793 Participation: 85.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2427(F) — 13 Jul 2023 01:25 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/3 1,459 53.66% +739 Loser:
PC
 720 26.48% Donna Williams
After his election:
1 Apr 1995 33
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
21 Aug 1995 34
IND
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 2 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,277 Votes: 3,573 Participation: 83.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2392(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
35		 Successor:
PC
 2,020 56.76% P. Mitchell Murphy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Cooke, Randy Elwood		 23 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Randy Ellwood Cooke		 23 Dec 2023

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