Gail Shea

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2015 Canadian federal election: Egmont

The Honourable Gail A. Shea PC
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
In office July 15, 2013 –November 4, 2015
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bobby Morrissey	10,521	49.25	+17.94	$67,240.83
	Conservative	Gail Shea	6,185	28.95	–25.70	$110,058.32
	New Democratic	Herb Dickieson	4,097	19.18	+6.81	$34,718.49
	Green	Nils Ling	559	2.62	+0.95	$4,895.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			21,362	99.59		$169,928.60
Total rejected ballots			87	0.41	–0.39
Turnout			21,449	77.29	+5.62
Eligible voters			27,751
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+21.82
Source: Elections Canada [15] [16]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election : Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gail Shea	10,467	54.65	+10.72	$57,565.04
	Liberal	Guy Gallant	5,997	31.31	-12.32	$34,428.58
	New Democratic	Jacquie Robichaud	2,369	12.37	+3.32	$1,780.97
	Green	Carl Anthony	320	1.67	-1.72	$250.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			19,153	100.0		$69,831.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			155	0.80	+0.18
Turnout			19,308	71.67	+3.52
Eligible voters			26,941
	Conservative hold		Swing		+11.52
Sources: [17] [18]

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election : Egmont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gail Shea	8,110	43.93	+12.97	$51,795.67
	Liberal	Keith Milligan	8,055	43.63	-9.54	$45,007.86
	New Democratic	Orville Lewis	1,670	9.05	-0.50	$2,245.18
	Green	Rebecca Ridlington	626	3.39	-1.80	$2,678.98
Total valid votes/expense limit			18,461	100.0		$67,686
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			115	0.62	+0.01
Turnout			18,576	68.15	-3.57
Eligible voters			27,256
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.26

Provincial

v t e 2007 Prince Edward Island general election : Tignish-Palmer Road
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil LeClair	1,569	55.15	+11.18
	Progressive Conservative	Gail Shea	1,276	44.85	−10.44
Total valid votes			2,845	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.81

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gail A. Shea	1,480	55.29	-0.64
	Liberal	Neil J. LeClair	1,177	43.97	+3.39
	New Democratic	Reg T. Pendergast	20	0.75	-2.75
Total valid votes			2,677	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.02

2000 Prince Edward Island general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gail A. Shea	1,472	55.93	+12.04
	Liberal	Neil J. LeClair	1,068	40.58	-13.39
	New Democratic	Reg T. Pendergast	92	3.50	+1.36
Total valid votes			2,632	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.72

1996 Prince Edward Island general election : Tignish-DeBlois
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Joseph Morrissey	1,413	53.97
	Progressive Conservative	Gail A. Shea	1,149	43.89
	New Democratic	Howard Waite	56	2.14
Total valid votes			2,618	100.0
This riding was created from parts of the dual-member riding of 1st Prince.

References

1. "Government Bio" Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved January 21, 2010
2. "Personal Sight" Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved January 21, 2010.
3. "Shea wins Egmont nomination". CBC News. December 17, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
4. "Gail Shea makes history in Egmont". The Guardian. Charlottetown. October 14, 2008. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
5. "Shea becomes fisheries minister". The Guardian. Charlottetown. October 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
6. "Shea cruises to easy win". CBC News. May 2, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
7. "Shea named revenue minister". CBC News. May 18, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
8. "Shea named Minister of National Revenue". The Journal Pioneer. May 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
9. "Stephen Harper names eight new members to his cabinet, moves Peter MacKay out of defence". National Post. July 15, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
10. "Conservative Gail Shea loses Egmont to Liberal Bobby Morrissey". CBC News. October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
11. "Liberal sweep in P.E.I., Gail Shea defeated in Egmont". The Guardian. Charlottetown. October 19, 2015. Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
12. "PETA claims responsibility after Fisheries Minister pied in face". The Globe and Mail. January 25, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
13. "Fisheries minister gets pie in face". CBC News. January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
14. "Pie hit should earn PETA 'terrorist' label: MP". CBC News. January 26, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
15. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Egmont (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
16. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
17. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
18. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

External links

• Gail Shea official site
• Profile at Parliament of Canada
• Gail Shea – Parliament of Canada biography
• Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca