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♂ Wesley J. Sheridan
aliasWesley J. Sheridan
Record
56444 · 5766

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 0 2
Birth 20 January 1960
Age 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 May 2007 → 16 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 9 years + 2 months ago (23 February 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Wesley J. Sheridan (1960– ) 200x227
© Photo 2014 CBC — 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 7 8 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ P. Mitchell Murphy  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 1,788 50.31% +214 Loser:
PC
 1,574 44.29% P. Mitchell Murphy

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,275 Votes: 3,196 Participation: 74.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6548(F) — 4 Dec 2022 19:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 1,820 57.18% +655 Loser:
PC
 1,165 36.60% Wilber K. Lamont
After his election:
23 Feb 2015 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 4 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,460 Votes: 3,670 Participation: 82.29% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
65		 Prince Edward Island
4 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7191(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
PC
 1,984 54.28% Matthew MacKay

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.])
Sheridan, Wesley "Wes" John		 20 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wes Sheridan		 20 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wes Sheridan		 20 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Jan 2024 06:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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