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♂ Gregory J. Deighan
aliasGregory J. Deighan
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 2 5
Birth 15 October 1939
Age 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 11 months ago (27 May 2007)
Special notes
None
 

Gregory J. Deighan (1939– ?)
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 10 6 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 62
PC
 1 Speaker 63–67 29 Sep 2003 — 27 May 2007 3 7 28

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Nancy E. Guptill  f 
⊖ Walter A. (Chuck) McEwen  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James H. Mayne  m 
⊖ Gary Robichaud  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 5,546 Votes: 4,121 Participation: 74.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Prince Edward Island
29 May 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2468(F) — 28 Aug 2023 12:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 2/3 1,306 32.22% -994 Winner:
LIB
 2,300 56.73% Nancy E. Guptill
Eligible: 5,144 Votes: 3,820 Participation: 74.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2434(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
53
PC
 2/3 1,298 34.78% -881 Winner:
LIB
 2,179 58.39% Walter A. (Chuck) McEwen
Eligible: 4,356 Votes: 3,412 Participation: 78.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2406(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PC
 1/3 1,506 44.40% +112 Loser:
LIB
 1,394 41.10% Walter A. (Chuck) McEwen

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,308 Votes: 3,335 Participation: 77.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2379(F) — 30 Sep 2021 17:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 1,674 50.38% +428 Loser:
LIB
 1,246 37.50% Paul H. Schurman

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,763 Votes: 3,480 Participation: 73.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2347(F) — 30 Sep 2021 17:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/3 1,807 52.14% +405 Loser:
LIB
 1,402 40.45% Duke Cormier

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,919 Votes: 2,892 Participation: 73.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2320(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 1,645 57.10% Janice A. Sherry

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.])
Deighan, Gregory "Greg" Joseph		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gregory Deighan		 27 Dec 2023

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