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♀ Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen
aliasShaughnessy Cohen
Record
11816 · 1567

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 11 February 1948 → 76 years + 2 months ago
Lived 50 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 8 months
Death 9 December 1998 → 25 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen (1948–1998)
© Photo 1997 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Cohen is the first (and so far only) MP ever to suffer a fatal health incident in the House of Commons.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 1 13

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Joseph J. Comartin  m 
 		 ⊖ Howard D. McCurdy  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,560 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3641(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 2/3 16,192 37.17% -2,723 Winner:
NDP
 18,915 43.42% Howard D. McCurdy
Eligible: 64,815 Votes: 41,646 Participation: 64.25% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3348(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 1/8 22,960 55.60% +13,939 Loser:
NDP
 9,021 21.85% Howard D. McCurdy

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,987 Votes: 41,696 Participation: 59.58% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3047(F) — 31 Jan 2022 22:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 16,496 39.89% +2,259 Loser:
NDP
 14,237 34.42% Joseph J. Comartin
After her election:
9 Dec 1998 50
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,152 Votes: 32,012 Participation: 44.99% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Ontario
12 April 1999
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10837(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 13,891 43.65% Richard G.J. Limoges

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen, M.P.		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen, députée		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Shaughnessy Cohen		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 22:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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