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♂ Robert S. Vessey
aliasRobert S. Vessey
Record
63161 · 5769

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 27 November 1961
Age 62 years + 5 months
First mandate 28 May 2007 → 16 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 9 years + 2 months ago (20 February 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Robert S. Vessey (1961– )
© Photo Government of Prince Edward Island — Public domain
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 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ James W. Ballem  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ James Rodd  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,998 Votes: 3,343 Participation: 83.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Prince Edward Island
29 September 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 2335(F) — 20 Jul 2021 23:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 2/3 1,400 41.97% -458 Winner:
PC
 1,858 55.70% James W. Ballem
Eligible: 4,024 Votes: 3,571 Participation: 88.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
63		 Prince Edward Island
28 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2308(F) — 10 Oct 2023 20:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 1,970 55.37% +569 Loser:
PC
 1,401 39.38% James W. Ballem

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,537 Votes: 3,609 Participation: 79.55% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
64		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6562(F) — 10 Oct 2023 20:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 1,988 55.30% +753 Loser:
PC
 1,235 34.35% Martie Murphy
After his election:
20 Feb 2015 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 1,938 47.68% H. Wade MacLauchlan

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.])
Vessey, Robert Stuart		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Vessey (Canadian politician)		 28 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Robert Vessey (homme politique canadien)		 28 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 10:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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