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♂ Robert J. Mitchell
aliasRobert J. Mitchell
Record
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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 13 May 1963
Age 60 years + 11 months
First mandate 28 May 2007 → 16 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 44 years
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 8 months ago (3 September 2020)
Special notes
None
 
Robert J. Mitchell (1963– ) 200x261
© 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 13 3 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 66
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 55–56 08 May 2019 — 09 Sep 2019 0 4 1

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Chester Gillan  m 
 		 ⊖ Elmer E. MacFadyen  m 
 
Eligible: 3,935 Votes: 2,915 Participation: 74.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2336(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/3 1,347 46.42% -133 Winner:
PC
 1,480 51.00% Elmer E. MacFadyen
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 1,712 54.78% +467 Loser:
PC
 1,245 39.84% Chester Gillan

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,676 Votes: 2,862 Participation: 77.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6542(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 1,538 53.93% +478 Loser:
PC
 1,060 37.17% Mike Gillis

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,816 Votes: 3,120 Participation: 81.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7185(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 1,425 45.81% +394 Loser:
PC
 1,031 33.14% Mike Gillis

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,213 Votes: 3,390 Participation: 80.47% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 25945(F) — 15 Feb 2022 21:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 1,420 41.97% +363 Loser:
GRN
 1,057 31.24% Amanda Morrison
After his election:
3 Sep 2020 57
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 4 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,311 Votes: 2,888 Participation: 66.99% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
2 November 2020
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 35740(F) — 14 Feb 2022 23:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 1,402 49.06% Zack Bell

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.])
Mitchell, Robert Joseph		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Mitchell (Prince Edward Island politician)		 28 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Robert Mitchell (homme politique prince-édouardien)		 28 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 08:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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