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♂ Richard E. Brown
aliasRichard E. Brown
Record
7706 · 5720

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 2 7
Birth 10 September 1956
Age 67 years + 7 months
First mandate 17 November 1997 → 26 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 5 years + 11 days ago (22 April 2019)
Special notes
None
 
Richard E. Brown (1956– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Prince Edward Island — 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 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Karla Bernard  f 
⊕ Dean Constable  m 
⊕ Robert L. MacMillan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Joe Byrne  m 
⊕ Sharon Labchuk  f 
 
Eligible: 3,520 Votes: 2,388 Participation: 67.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
17 November 1997
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25931(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 1,019 42.67% +149 Loser:
PC
 870 36.43% Brian McKenna

Service: 2 years 4 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,380 Votes: 2,711 Participation: 80.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2358(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 1,197 44.35% -16 Winner:
PC
 1,213 44.94% Robert L. MacMillan
Eligible: 3,531 Votes: 2,803 Participation: 79.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2338(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 1,420 51.01% +142 Loser:
PC
 1,278 45.91% Robert L. MacMillan

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,422 Votes: 2,886 Participation: 84.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2311(F) — 30 Sep 2021 17:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 1,536 53.58% +578 Loser:
PC
 958 33.41% Jason Lee

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,168 Votes: 2,187 Participation: 69.03% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6543(F) — 30 Sep 2021 18:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/5 1,112 51.29% +530 Loser:
PC
 582 26.85% Myles MacKinnon

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,028 Votes: 2,444 Participation: 80.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7186(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 955 39.38% +289 Loser:
PC
 666 27.46% Joey Kitson

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,236 Votes: 3,158 Participation: 74.55% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 25947(F) — 30 Sep 2021 18:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
LIB
 2/4 875 27.86% -397 Winner:
GRN
 1,272 40.50% Karla Bernard

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid [Eds.])
Brown, Richard Earle		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Brown (Canadian politician)		 11 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Richard Brown (homme politique)		 11 Mar 2024

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