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♂ Louis-Phillip Edmonston
aliasPhil Edmonston
Record
18233 · 950

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 26 May 1944 → 79 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 6 months
First mandate 12 February 1990 → 34 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 8 months
Death 2 December 2022 → 1 year + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 1 month after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Louis-Phillip (Phil) Edmonston (1944–2022)
© Photo via Parlinfo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Founder of the Automobile Protection Association in 1968, the American-born Edmonston was one of the first NDP MP elected from Québec. His work with the APA led to the Lemon-Aid series of car manuals, issued annually since the 1970s.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 8 10

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Richard Grisé  m 
⊕ Bernard Loiselle  m 
⊖ Samuel Walsh  m 
 		 ⊕ Clifford A. Lincoln  m 
⊖ Pierre R. Savard  m 
 
Eligible: 47,567 Votes: 25,710 Participation: 54.05% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Québec
24 May 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10890(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
32
NDP
 2/6 8,151 31.70% -7,057 Winner:
LIB
 15,208 59.15% Pierre R. Savard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,780 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3665(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:32 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
NDP
 2/5 17,268 31.52% -8,502 Winner:
PC
 25,770 47.04% Richard Grisé
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,919 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Québec
12 February 1990
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10856(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
NDP
 1/6 26,998 67.63% +19,998 Loser:
LIB
 7,000 17.54% Clifford A. Lincoln

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,921 Votes: 63,726 Participation: 82.85% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
BQ
 36,485 59.69% Ghislain Lebel

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Philip Edmonston		  8 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Philip Edmonston		  8 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Phil Edmonston		  8 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Phil Edmonston		  8 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 22:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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