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♂ John F. Collins
aliasJohn F. Collins
Record
11970 · 4527

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 0 4
Birth 1 June 1922 → 101 years + 11 months ago
Lived 93 years + 10 months
First mandate 16 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 3 months
Death 23 April 2016 → 8 years ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 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 13 6 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 5,110 Votes: 3,355 Participation: 65.66% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14579(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
PC
 1/2 2,221 66.96% +1,125 Loser:
LIB
 1,096 33.04% Gordon M. Lidstone

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,843 Votes: 3,589 Participation: 74.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14527(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 2,221 62.16% +1,050 Loser:
LIB
 1,171 32.77% Jim Furlong

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,843 Votes: 3,114 Participation: 64.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14475(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 2,286 73.67% +1,704 Loser:
LIB
 582 18.76% Ernest E. Antle

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,078 Votes: 4,550 Participation: 64.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14423(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 2,466 54.38% +1,321 Loser:
LIB
 1,145 25.25% Dolores Linehan

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,872 Votes: 4,913 Participation: 71.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14338(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 2,107 43.08% Thomas J. Murphy

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Collins (Canadian politician)		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 19:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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