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♂ P. Mitchell Murphy
aliasP. Mitchell Murphy
Record
45408 · 5759

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 1 4
Birth 28 October 1962
Age 61 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 November 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 34 years
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 11 months ago (27 May 2007)
Special notes
None
 
P. Mitchell Murphy (1962– ) 200x234
© Photo 2005 CBC PEI — 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 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Wesley J. Sheridan  m 
 		 ⊕ Janice A. Sherry  f 
 
Eligible: 4,277 Votes: 3,573 Participation: 83.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
60		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2392(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
PC
 1/3 2,020 56.76% +708 Loser:
LIB
 1,312 36.86% Bill Campbell

Service: 3 years 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,454 Votes: 3,593 Participation: 80.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
61		 Prince Edward Island
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2365(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/3 2,654 74.51% +1,964 Loser:
LIB
 690 19.37% Greg Campbell

Service: 3 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,520 Votes: 3,765 Participation: 83.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2346(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 2,538 67.68% +1,418 Loser:
LIB
 1,120 29.87% Janice A. Sherry

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,363 Votes: 3,561 Participation: 81.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2319(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
PC
 2/3 1,574 44.29% -214 Winner:
LIB
 1,788 50.31% Wesley J. Sheridan

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.])
Murphy, P. Mitchell "Mitch"		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Mitch Murphy		 28 Dec 2023

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