♂ Thomas L. Kennedy

Record
31419 · 11533
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 92%
 
Ontario 12 11 1
Birth Death Lived Died in office
15 August 1878
(145 years 7 months ago)
13 February 1959
(65 years 1 month ago)
80 years 5 months Yes
Family tie with other documented individual
Who ...is/was his Note
R. Douglas Kennedy (1916–2003) Nephew
Ted Chudleigh (c. 1943–) Grandson
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Ontario
Days years months days
13,115 35 10 27
Days years months days
9,645 26 4 25
Days years months days
3,470 9 6 0
The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations.
Leadership roles
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 23 PC 1 Party leader 70 19 Oct 1948 — 26 Apr 1949 0 6 7
2. ON 23 PC 1 Premier 70 19 Oct 1948 — 03 May 1949 0 6 14
Electoral history
→ 12 recorded electoral participations
→ 13 electoral path points
 
→ 3 documented challengers:
 
Manning W. Doherty  m 
William J. Lowe  m 
Duncan M. Marshall  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Provincial
Ass.: 15
Ontario Peel
20 October 1919 Age:
41
→ New to this legislature
General 1/3 LC 40.14% 4,562 of 11,364 Elig.: 13,246 Parti.: 87.72%
Loser > LIB 39.22% 4,457 (-105) William J. Lowe  m  ( 45 )
ID: 34203(F) — 9 Oct 2023 19:57 ET Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 16
Ontario Peel
25 June 1923 Age:
44
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LC 56.34% 6,087 of 10,805 Elig.: 13,246 Parti.: 82.33%
Loser > UFO 43.66% 4,718 (-1,369) Edward Orr  m 
ID: 34330(F) — 28 Dec 2022 20:52 ET Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 17
Ontario Peel
1 December 1926 Age:
48
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LC 51.50% 6,193 of 12,025 Elig.: 17,653 Parti.: 68.46%
Loser > PROG 48.50% 5,832 (-361) Herbert J.W. Taylor  m 
ID: 34453(F) — 8 Oct 2022 15:30 ET Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 18
Ontario Peel
30 October 1929 Age:
51
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LC 54.27% 6,737 of 12,414 Elig.: 17,926 Parti.: 69.65%
Loser > LIB 45.73% 5,677 (-1,060) Thomas Graham  m 
  Post-Election...
16 September 1930 > ?? LC Vac. Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
ID: 34565(F) — 25 Feb 2022 08:53 ET Service: 0 year 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 18
Ontario Peel
18 October 1930 Age:
52
Re-elected incumbent
By-Election 1/1 LC 0.00% 0 of 0 Elig.: n/a Parti.: n/a
By acclamation  
ID: 34618(F) — 11 Oct 2022 14:15 ET Service: 3 years 8 months (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 19
Ontario Peel
19 June 1934 Age:
55
Defeated incumbent Exit from legislature →
General 2/3 LC 46.93% 7,716 of 16,440 Elig.: 21,197 Parti.: 78.04%
Winner > LIB 48.42% 7,960 (+244) Duncan M. Marshall  m  ( 61 )
ID: 34687(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:52 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 20
Ontario Peel
6 October 1937 Age:
59
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus
General 1/3 LC 48.88% 8,228 of 16,834 Elig.: 21,547 Parti.: 78.68%
Loser > LIB 47.22% 7,949 (-279) Duncan M. Marshall  m  ( 65 )
ID: 34782(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 21
Ontario Peel
4 August 1943 Age:
64
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 PC 50.27% 7,101 of 14,125 Elig.: 23,016 Parti.: 61.71%
Loser > LIB 26.69% 3,770 (-3,331) John Patterson  m 
ID: 34881(F) — 23 Dec 2022 14:48 ET Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 22
Ontario Peel
4 June 1945 Age:
66
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 PC 56.19% 9,923 of 17,660 Elig.: 25,970 Parti.: 68.52%
Loser > LLAB 24.98% 4,412 (-5,511) Leslie Hancock  m 
ID: 34972(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:00 ET Service: 3 years 0 month 2 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 23
Ontario Peel
7 June 1948 Age:
69
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 PC 47.25% 9,070 of 19,196 Elig.: 29,628 Parti.: 65.35%
Loser > LIB 28.09% 5,393 (-3,677) Robert Hiscox  m 
ID: 35063(F) — 26 Feb 2022 09:18 ET Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 24
Ontario Peel
22 November 1951 Age:
73
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 PC 56.61% 12,528 of 22,132 Elig.: 33,735 Parti.: 66.22%
Loser > LIB 25.80% 5,711 (-6,817) Carl Flaman  m 
ID: 35156(F) — 24 Dec 2022 00:51 ET Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 25
Ontario Peel
9 June 1955 Age:
76
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 PC 50.56% 13,296 of 26,297 Elig.: 43,957 Parti.: 60.38%
Loser > LIB 33.07% 8,696 (-4,600) Ruth Houck  f 
  Post-Election...
13 February 1959 > ?? PC Vac. Died in office
ID: 35251(F) — 26 Feb 2022 10:23 ET Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Gov't) Exit from legislature →
Provincial
Ass.: 26
Ontario Peel
11 June 1959 Age:
80
Deceased
General  
Successor > PC 42.98% 13,278 of 30,890 William G. Davis  m  ( 29 )
ID: 35366(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:34 ET
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