Stanley Forrest "Bush" Dumville (born January 6, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of

West Royalty-Springvale West Royalty-Springvale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was previously known as Winsloe-West Royalty. It was abolished prior to the 2019 election into Charlottetown-Winsloe, Cha ...

in the

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from 2007 to 2019.

Career

First elected in the

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as a member of the

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, he left the party to sit as an independent on January 31, 2018. He ran for reelection in the

2019 Prince Edward Island general election The 2019 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The vote in 26 of the 27 districts was held on 23 April 2019, while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hi ...

in the redistributed riding of

Charlottetown-West Royalty Charlottetown-West Royalty is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was created prior to the 2019 election from parts of the former districts Charlottetown-Lewis Point and West Royalty- ...

, but was defeated by Liberal

Gord McNeilly Gord McNeilly is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. He represents the district of Charlottetown-West Royalty Charlottetown-West Royalty is ...

. Prior to entering politics, Dumville was a member of the

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, serving in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Ontario, and then a businessman, who owned and operated two

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franchises, one in Charlottetown and the second in Summerside.

References

1945 births Living people Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Summerside, Prince Edward Island 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub