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♂ Herbert Percy Dickieson
aliasHerb Dickieson
Record
16038 · 5729

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Prince Edward Island 1 4 5
Total 1 5 6
Birth 8 March 1954
Age 70 years + 1 month
First mandate 18 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 17 days ago (16 April 2000)
Special notes
None
 
Herbert Percy Dickieson (1954– )
© Photo 2009 Dave Barrett — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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 3 4 27 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 59–61
NDP
 1 Party leader 41–48 14 Mar 1995 — 31 Mar 2002 7 0 17

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Randy E. Cooke  m 
⊕ Robert J. Morrissey  m 
⊕ A.M. Gail Shea  f 
 		 ⊕ Robert L. Henderson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Eva E. Rodgerson  f 
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
NDP
 3/3 540 19.86% -919 Winner:
LIB
 1,459 53.66% Randy E. Cooke
Eligible: 2,704 Votes: 2,412 Participation: 89.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2405(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
42
NDP
 1/3 921 38.39% +138 Loser:
LIB
 783 32.64% Fairley Yeo

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,629 Votes: 2,356 Participation: 89.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2378(F) — 30 Sep 2021 17:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
46
NDP
 2/3 920 39.25% -23 Winner:
PC
 943 40.23% Eva E. Rodgerson
Eligible: 27,858 Votes: 21,449 Participation: 76.99% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Prince Edward Island
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7529(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
NDP
 3/4 4,097 19.18% -6,424 Winner:
LIB
 10,521 49.25% Robert J. Morrissey
Eligible: 3,423 Votes: 2,705 Participation: 79.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 25960(F) — 22 Sep 2021 16:18 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
65
NDP
 2/4 898 33.35% -204 Winner:
LIB
 1,102 40.92% Robert L. Henderson
Eligible: 3,399 Votes: 2,424 Participation: 71.32% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
67		 Prince Edward Island
3 April 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39021(F) — 21 Nov 2023 06:23 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
69
NDP
 3/4 702 29.18% -192 Winner:
LIB
 894 37.16% Robert L. Henderson

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.])
Dickieson, Dr. Herbert "Herb" Percy		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Herb Dickieson		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Herb Dickieson		 14 Apr 2024

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