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♂ Thomas Osborne
aliasThomas Osborne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Newfoundland and Labrador
Government
 Performance: 90%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 9 1 10
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth c. 1964
Age ± 60 years
First mandate 22 February 1996 → 28 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 32 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Osborne (c.1964– )
© Photo 2017 JReynolds00 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Sheila Osborne Mother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 28 2 16 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 48
LIB
 1 Speaker 51–53 30 Nov 2015 — 31 Jul 2017 1 8 1

Electoral history

Races * 10  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Alison Coffin  f 
⊖ Thomas J. Murphy  m 
 		 ⊕ Rex V. Gibbons  m 
⊕ Philip J. Warren  m 
 
Eligible: 7,378 Votes: 5,145 Participation: 69.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14337(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±25
PC
 2/3 1,937 37.71% -768 Winner:
LIB
 2,705 52.66% Philip J. Warren
Eligible: 9,406 Votes: 5,978 Participation: 63.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6864(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±32
PC
 1/4 2,521 42.36% +104 Loser:
LIB
 2,417 40.62% Thomas J. Murphy

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,849 Votes: 6,093 Participation: 56.16% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4923(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±35
PC
 1/4 4,041 66.47% +2,478 Loser:
LIB
 1,563 25.71% Patrick Kennedy

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,479 Votes: 5,984 Participation: 57.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4874(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±39
PC
 1/3 4,532 75.99% +3,776 Loser:
LIB
 756 12.68% Dennis O'Keefe

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,575 Votes: 4,915 Participation: 64.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4971(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±43
PC
 1/3 3,887 79.60% +3,316 Loser:
NDP
 571 11.69% Clyde Bridger

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,076 Votes: 5,141 Participation: 63.66% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Newfoundland and Labrador
11 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 6708(F) — 6 Jul 2023 10:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
PC
 1/3 2,967 57.90% +973 Loser:
NDP
 1,994 38.91% Keith Dunne
After his election:
13 Sep 2012 ±48
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
29 Aug 2013 ±49
IND
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 1 month 18 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,907 Votes: 5,469 Participation: 55.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7797(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
LIB
 1/3 3,588 65.93% +2,526 Loser:
NDP
 1,062 19.51% Alison Coffin

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,882 Votes: 5,205 Participation: 52.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26778(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±55
LIB
 1/2 3,487 68.56% +1,888 Loser:
NDP
 1,599 31.44% Matthew Cooper

Service: 1 year 10 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,274 Votes: 5,425 Participation: 52.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 35781(F) — 30 Dec 2021 14:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±57
LIB
 1/3 3,592 66.79% +2,244 Loser:
PC
 1,348 25.07% Michael P. Holden

Service: 3 years 1 month 21 days (Gov't)
Waterford Valley
Post-dated race
Provincial
51		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 November 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 39885(P) — 17 Apr 2024 20:43 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
±61
LIB
 1/3   55.18%   Loser:
PC

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Tom Osborne (Canadian politician)		 27 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 20:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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