Sonny Gallant
Stanley "Sonny" Gallant[1] (born March 27, 1956)[2] is a Canadian politician serving as interim leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Evangeline-Miscouche 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.[3] He was chosen interim leader of the Liberal Party on September 16, 2019.[4]
Sonny Gallant | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Evangeline-Miscouche | |
| Assumed office June 12, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfred Arsenault |
| Interim Leader of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office September 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Mitchell (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1956 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Miscouche |
Electoral record
| 2019 Prince Edward Island general election: Evangeline-Miscouche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 23 January 2021.
- "Minding the House: a biorgraphical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- "P.E.I. cabinet shuffle: Sonny Gallant and Pat Murphy in, Richard Brown out". CBC News. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- "Sonny Gallant named interim leader of P.E.I. Liberal Party | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- "District 24 Results: Evangeline-Miscouche". Elections PEI. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- Elections Prince Edward Island (4 May 2015). "Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015.
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