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♂ Hugh M. Twomey
aliasHugh M. Twomey
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 1 5
Birth 26 September 1920 → 103 years + 7 months ago
Lived 68 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 June 1976 → 47 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 9 months
Death 2 August 1989 → 34 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 3 months + 14 days after 19 April 1989
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 12 9 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Stephen J. Mulrooney  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 7,098 Votes: 4,947 Participation: 69.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14549(F) — 14 Apr 2022 23:30 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 2/2 2,455 49.91% -9 Winner:
LIB
 2,464 50.09% Stephen J. Mulrooney
Eligible: 7,098 Votes: 5,198 Participation: 73.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 June 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14743(F) — 14 Apr 2022 23:30 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/4 2,848 54.93% +651 Loser:
LIB
 2,197 42.37% Stephen J. Mulrooney

Service: 2 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,625 Votes: 4,896 Participation: 64.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14497(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 2,753 56.44% +1,051 Loser:
LIB
 1,702 34.89% Munden D. Batstone

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,625 Votes: 4,538 Participation: 59.51% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14445(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/2 2,787 61.75% +1,061 Loser:
LIB
 1,726 38.25% Glenn Noseworthy

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,989 Votes: 5,249 Participation: 65.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14393(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/3 2,805 53.55% +1,288 Loser:
LIB
 1,517 28.96% Gerald L. Thompson

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,885 Votes: 5,784 Participation: 73.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14308(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
LIB
 2,850 49.36% Roger D. Grimes

Online biographical reference

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Hugh Twomey		  3 Sep 2023

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Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 17:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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