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♀ Valerie Elaine Docherty
aliasValerie Docherty
Record
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Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 25 June 1963
Age 60 years + 10 months
First mandate 28 May 2007 → 16 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 11 months ago (3 May 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Valerie Elaine Docherty (1963– )
© Photo Government of Prince Edward Island — Public domain
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 7 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Peter S. Bevan-Baker  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 4,192 Votes: 3,494 Participation: 83.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2316(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 1,811 52.01% +565 Loser:
PC
 1,246 35.78% Steven Stead

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,229 Votes: 3,279 Participation: 77.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6547(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/6 1,768 54.02% +808 Loser:
PC
 960 29.33% Neila Auld

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,456 Votes: 3,797 Participation: 85.21% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7190(F) — 30 Sep 2021 18:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/4 1,046 27.60% -1,031 Winner:
GRN
 2,077 54.80% Peter S. Bevan-Baker

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.])
Docherty, Valerie Elaine		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Valerie Docherty		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Valerie Docherty		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 21:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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