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♂ J. Hal Perry
aliasJ. Hal Perry
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Prince Edward Island
Opposition
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 0 4
Birth 18 November 1965
Age 58 years + 5 months
First mandate 3 October 2011 → 12 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 10 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
J. Hal Perry (1965– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Prince Edward Island — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Stanislaus F. Perry (1823–1898) Great-great-grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 12 6 27 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 64
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 47 31 Jan 2013 — 31 Aug 2013 0 7 0
2. PE 67
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 57–58 12 Apr 2023 — 1 0 21
3. PE 67
LIB
 2 Opposition Leader 57–58 12 Apr 2023 — 1 0 21

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Neil J. LeClair  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,880 Votes: 2,354 Participation: 81.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6557(F) — 13 Jul 2023 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 1/3 1,175 50.15% +33 Loser:
LIB
 1,142 48.74% Neil J. LeClair
After his election:
11 Feb 2013 47
PC
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 2,927 Votes: 2,566 Participation: 87.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7200(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 1,486 58.23% +668 Loser:
PC
 818 32.05% Joseph Profit

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,462 Votes: 2,829 Participation: 81.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
66		 Prince Edward Island
23 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 25962(F) — 22 Sep 2021 16:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 1,388 49.25% +586 Loser:
PC
 802 28.46% Melissa Handrahan

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,467 Votes: 2,626 Participation: 75.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
67		 Prince Edward Island
3 April 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39028(F) — 21 Nov 2023 06:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 1,527 58.66% +588 Loser:
PC
 939 36.07% April Delaney

Service: 1 year 1 month (Oppo.)

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.])
Perry, John "Hal"		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hal Perry (politician)		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Hal Perry (homme politique)		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 18:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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