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♂ Gerald E. Panting
aliasGerald E. Panting
Record
47788 · 8703

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 5 5
Total 0 6 6
Birth c. 1927 → 97 years ago
Lived ± 71 years
First run 16 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 48 years
Death 3 December 1998 → 25 years + 5 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Gerald E. Panting (c.1927–1998)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 36–37
NDP
 1 Party leader 47–50 01 Jul 1974 — 30 Apr 1977 2 9 29

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊕ George S. Baker  m 
⊕ Jerome W. Dinn  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Walter Noel  m 
⊕ Charles J. Power  m 
 		 ⊕ Leo D. Barry  m 
⊖ Thomas M. Doyle  m 
⊖ Martin F. O'Brien  m 
 
Eligible: 8,289 Votes: 6,280 Participation: 75.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14570(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±48
NDP
 2/4 1,759 28.07% -1,144 Winner:
PC
 2,903 46.33% Jerome W. Dinn
Eligible: 4,888 Votes: 3,891 Participation: 79.60% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 June 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14744(F) — 5 Aug 2023 23:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±49
NDP
 4/5 114 2.94% -1,270 Winner:
LIB
 1,384 35.67% Martin F. O'Brien
Eligible: 8,933 Votes: 7,203 Participation: 80.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14518(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±52
NDP
 3/3 661 9.22% -3,871 Winner:
PC
 4,532 63.24% Jerome W. Dinn
Eligible: 8,933 Votes: 6,988 Participation: 78.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14466(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±55
NDP
 3/3 812 11.66% -3,991 Winner:
PC
 4,803 68.97% Jerome W. Dinn
Eligible: 50,535 Votes: 30,460 Participation: 60.28% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3826(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±57
NDP
 3/3 1,138 3.75% -14,962 Winner:
LIB
 16,100 53.11% George S. Baker
Eligible: 8,182 Votes: 6,856 Participation: 83.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14411(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±58
NDP
 3/3 624 9.14% -2,697 Winner:
LIB
 3,321 48.67% Leo D. Barry

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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Newfoundland's Grand Bank Geneological & Historical Data, The Telegram Obituaries December 1998		 22 Dec 2023

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