Gerard Greenan

L. Gerard Greenan
L. Gerard Greenan
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for; Summerside-St. Eleanors
	In office; June 12, 2007 – May 4, 2015
Preceded by	Helen MacDonald
Succeeded by	Tina Mundy
Personal details
Born	17 February 1950 (age 74); Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Summerside, Prince Edward Island

L. Gerard Greenan (born 17 February 1950)^[1] is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Summerside-St. Eleanors and is a member of the Liberal Party. On June 12, 2007, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Attorney General and Minister of Education.^[2]^[3] In an April 2008 cabinet shuffle, he was styled Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development.^[4] Greenan was dropped from cabinet in January 2010.^[5]

On January 23, 2015, Greenan announced he would not seek re-election in the 2015 election.^[6]

Election results

v t e 2007 Prince Edward Island general election: Summerside-St. Eleanors
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerard Greenan	1,697	54.36	+9.06
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Gallant	1,228	39.33	−12.23
	Green	Stuart Smith	86	2.75
	New Democratic	Paulette Halupa	77	2.47	−0.68
	Independent	John W. A. Curtis	34	1.09
Total valid votes			3,122	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+10.64

v t e 2011 Prince Edward Island general election: Summerside-St. Eleanors
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerard Greenan	1,426	51.76	−2.60
	Progressive Conservative	Merlin Cormier	1,037	37.64	−1.69
	New Democratic	Paulette Halupa	147	5.34	+2.87
	Green	Caleb Adams	145	5.26	+2.51
Total valid votes			2,755	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.46

^ "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 2021-04-05.
^ "Prince Edward Island Cabinet Appointed". Government of Prince Edward Island. June 12, 2007. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
^ "Greenan faces double duty with education and as attorney general". Journal Pioneer. June 13, 2007. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
^ "Ghiz makes shifts in government departments". The Guardian. April 3, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
^ "Ghiz shuffles cabinet". CBC News. January 13, 2010. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
^ "Four Liberal MLAs not running in next P.E.I. election". The Guardian. January 23, 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-08.

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