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♂ Chester Gillan
aliasChester Gillan
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 25 September 1943
Age 80 years + 7 months
First mandate 18 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 11 months ago (27 May 2007)
Special notes
None
 
Chester Gillan (1943– ) 200x213
© 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 10 6 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Timothy E. Carroll  m 
⊕ Robert J. Mitchell  m 
 		 ⊕ Larry M. Duchesne  m 
 
Eligible: 12,681 Votes: 9,406 Participation: 74.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Prince Edward Island
29 March 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2439(F) — 15 Feb 2022 20:39 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 2/3 4,199 45.44% -264 Winner:
LIB
 4,463 48.30% Timothy E. Carroll
Eligible: 3,349 Votes: 2,772 Participation: 82.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2398(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
PC
 1/3 1,584 57.37% +576 Loser:
LIB
 1,008 36.51% Stephen Dowling

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,102 Votes: 2,556 Participation: 82.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2371(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 1,719 67.49% +1,077 Loser:
LIB
 642 25.21% Jacob Mal

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,106 Votes: 2,555 Participation: 82.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2337(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 1,562 61.57% +665 Loser:
LIB
 897 35.36% Charlie Cooke

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,724 Votes: 3,130 Participation: 84.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2309(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/4 1,245 39.84% -467 Winner:
LIB
 1,712 54.78% Robert J. Mitchell

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.])
Gillan, Chester		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Chester Gillan		 27 Dec 2023

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