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♂ John Stanley Gallant
aliasSonny Gallant
Record
21839 · 5735

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 1 5
Birth 27 March 1956
Age 68 years + 1 month
First mandate 28 May 2007 → 16 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 1 year + 1 month ago (2 April 2023)
Special notes
None
 
John Stanley (Sonny) Gallant (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 15 10 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 66
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 63–66 16 Sep 2019 — 18 Nov 2022 3 2 2

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J. Wilfred Arsenault  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Emmanuel (Mannie) Gallant  m 
 
Eligible: 2,980 Votes: 2,597 Participation: 87.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2350(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 2/3 1,208 46.66% -104 Winner:
PC
 1,312 50.68% J. Wilfred Arsenault
Eligible: 2,654 Votes: 2,360 Participation: 88.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2323(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 1,311 55.81% +376 Loser:
PC
 935 39.80% J. Wilfred Arsenault

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,634 Votes: 2,236 Participation: 84.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6545(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 1,722 77.22% +1,304 Loser:
PC
 418 18.74% Edgar Arsenault

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,654 Votes: 2,281 Participation: 85.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7188(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 1,419 62.57% +833 Loser:
PC
 586 25.84% Debbie Montgomery

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,185 Votes: 2,481 Participation: 77.90% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 25959(F) — 15 Feb 2022 21:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/4 1,100 44.55% +339 Loser:
GRN
 761 30.82% Nick Arsenault

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,235 Votes: 2,256 Participation: 69.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
67		 Prince Edward Island
3 April 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39014(F) — 21 Nov 2023 06:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PC
 1,384 61.70% Gilles Arsenault

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.])
Gallant, John Stanley "Sonny"		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sonny Gallant		 24 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sonny Gallant		 24 Apr 2024

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