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♂ Weston J. MacAleer
aliasWeston J. MacAleer
Record
37328 · 5742

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Northwest Territories 0 1 1
Total 3 2 5
Birth 12 February 1944
Age 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 18 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 11 months ago (27 May 2007)
Special notes
None
 
Weston J. MacAleer (1944– )
© Photo Wes MacAleer / LinkedIn — 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 10 6 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Kathleen M. Casey  f 
 		 ⊕ Lynda Sorenson  f 
 
Eligible: 2,248 Votes: 1,456 Participation: 64.77% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
9		 Northwest Territories
1 October 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30738(F) — 22 Jan 2023 13:45 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
35
IND
 2/3 618 42.56% -65 Winner:
IND
 683 47.04% Lynda Sorenson
Eligible: 3,984 Votes: 3,476 Participation: 87.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2387(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/3 1,481 42.78% +362 Loser:
LIB
 1,119 32.32% Ian (Tex) MacDonald

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,797 Votes: 3,153 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2360(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 1,743 55.53% +799 Loser:
LIB
 944 30.07% Dianne Porter

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,981 Votes: 3,205 Participation: 80.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2340(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 1,649 51.60% +201 Loser:
LIB
 1,448 45.31% Barry Ling

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,891 Votes: 3,204 Participation: 82.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2313(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/2 1,299 41.06% -566 Winner:
LIB
 1,865 58.94% Kathleen M. Casey

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.])
MacAleer, Weston "Wes" J.		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wes MacAleer		 12 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Feb 2024 09:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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