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♂ Thomas Lush
aliasThomas Lush
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 8 1 9
Birth 1 March 1939
Age 85 years + 2 months
First mandate 16 September 1975 → 48 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2003)
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Lush (1939– )
© Photo 2001 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — Fair trade
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 26 6 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 41
LIB
 1 Speaker 50–54 20 Apr 1989 — 02 May 1993 4 0 12

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Eli Cross  m 
⊖ Glenn C. Greening  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ W. George Cross  m 
⊕ Paul Oram  m 
 
Eligible: 5,846 Votes: 4,001 Participation: 68.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14584(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 2,116 53.06% +1,047 Loser:
PC
 1,069 26.81% Samuel Saunders

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,200 Votes: 4,311 Participation: 69.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14532(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 2,579 59.95% +983 Loser:
PC
 1,596 37.10% Glenn C. Greening

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,200 Votes: 4,723 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14480(F) — 27 Feb 2022 16:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 2,455 52.11% +199 Loser:
PC
 2,256 47.89% Glenn C. Greening
After his election:
30 Sep 1983 44
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,200 Votes: 4,835 Participation: 77.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
7 December 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14751(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
PC
 2,671 55.38% Glenn C. Greening
Eligible: 7,123 Votes: 6,057 Participation: 85.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14386(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
46
LIB
 1/4 2,983 49.29% +122 Loser:
PC
 2,861 47.27% W. George Cross

Service: 4 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,752 Votes: 5,946 Participation: 88.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14301(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 3,470 58.44% +1,119 Loser:
PC
 2,351 39.59% Eli Cross

Service: 4 years 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,220 Votes: 5,853 Participation: 71.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6879(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 3,722 63.72% +1,952 Loser:
PC
 1,770 30.30% John Ackerman

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,368 Votes: 6,122 Participation: 65.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6866(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 4,049 66.31% +1,992 Loser:
PC
 2,057 33.69% Glenn C. Greening

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,725 Votes: 5,267 Participation: 54.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4925(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 3,514 66.88% +1,774 Loser:
PC
 1,740 33.12% Rob Stead

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,608 Votes: 5,958 Participation: 69.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4877(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 2/3 2,614 43.96% -500 Winner:
PC
 3,114 52.37% Paul Oram

Online biographical reference

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Tom Lush		  1 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Mar 2024 20:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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