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♂ H. Wade MacLauchlan
aliasH. Wade MacLauchlan
Record
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☆   United Church    Gay (openly)
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 1 2
Birth 10 December 1954
Age 69 years + 4 months
First mandate 4 May 2015 → 8 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 5 years + 7 days ago (22 April 2019)
Special notes
None
 
H. Wade MacLauchlan (1954– )
© Photo 2017 U.S. Department of Agriculture — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Premier of Prince Edward Island from 2015 to 2019, MacLauchlan was the first openly gay male premier in Canada. But the first (known) gay premier was Richard Hatfield.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 3 11 18 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 64–65
LIB
 1 Party leader 60–64 23 Feb 2015 — 07 May 2019 4 2 14
2. PE 64–6
LIB
 1 Premier 60–64 23 Feb 2015 — 22 Apr 2019 4 1 30

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Bloyce Thompson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,020 Votes: 4,071 Participation: 81.10% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7205(F) — 30 Sep 2021 23:39 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 1/4 1,938 47.68% +600 Loser:
PC
 1,338 32.92% Jim (Benson) Carragher

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,068 Votes: 3,308 Participation: 81.32% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 25943(F) — 22 Sep 2021 16:07 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
64
LIB
 2/4 1,196 36.36% -104 Winner:
PC
 1,300 39.53% Bloyce Thompson

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.])
MacLauchlan, C.M., O.P.E.I., Honorable Harry "Wade"		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wade MacLauchlan		 10 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wade MacLauchlan		 10 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Mar 2024 19:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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