Sonny Gallant
Sonny Gallant | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Evangeline-Miscouche | |
| In office June 12, 2007 – March 6, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfred Arsenault |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Arsenault |
| Interim Leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party | |
| In office September 16, 2019 – November 19, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Mitchell (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Cameron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1956 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Miscouche |
Stanley "Sonny" Gallant[1] (born March 27, 1956)[2] is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party from 2019 to 2022. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Evangeline-Miscouche from 2007 to 2023 and is a member of the Liberal Party. On February 15, 2017, Gallant was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Workforce and Advanced Learning, serving until 2023.[3] He was chosen interim leader of the Liberal Party on September 16, 2019, serving until November 19, 2022.[4]
Electoral record
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election: Evangeline-Miscouche | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sonny Gallant | 1,100 | 44.6% | -17.97 | ||||
| Green | Nick Arsenault | 761 | 30.8% | +25.29 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Woodbury | 575 | 23.3% | -2.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Grant Gallant | 33 | 1.3% | -4.78 | ||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| [5] | ||||||||
| 2015 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sonny Gallant | 1,419 | 62.57 | -14.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Debbie Montgomery | 586 | 25.84 | +7.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Grant Gallant | 138 | 6.08 | |||||
| Green | Jordan Cameron | 125 | 5.51 | +2.64 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,268 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -10.88 | ||||||
| [6] | ||||||||
| 2011 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sonny Gallant | 1,722 | 77.22 | +21.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edgar Arsenault | 418 | 18.74 | -21.06 | ||||
| Green | Melissa Hotte | 64 | 2.87 | -1.51 | ||||
| Island | Arthur Arsenault | 26 | 1.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,230 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +21.24 | ||||||
| 2007 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sonny Gallant | 1,311 | 55.81 | +9.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred Arsenault | 935 | 39.80 | -10.88 | ||||
| Green | Mannie Gallant | 103 | 4.38 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,349 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +10.02 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Sonny Gallant | Legislative Assembly". www.assembly.pe.ca. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "P.E.I. cabinet shuffle: Sonny Gallant and Pat Murphy in, Richard Brown out". CBC News. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ "Sonny Gallant named interim leader of P.E.I. Liberal Party | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "District 24 Results: Evangeline-Miscouche". Elections PEI. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ Elections Prince Edward Island (May 4, 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on May 5, 2015.
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