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♂ John P. Gorman
aliasJohn P. Gorman
Record
23735 · 10236

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth 8 August 1876 → 147 years + 8 months ago
Lived 86 years + 10 months
First mandate 19 October 1942 → 81 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 66 years + 2 months
Death 3 July 1963 → 60 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 25 days after 8 June 1949
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
Nova Scotia 6 7 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,070 Votes: 3,595 Participation: 59.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
19 October 1942
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18208(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
66
LIB
 1/2 2,496 69.43% +1,397 Loser:
LC
 1,099 30.57% Russell Cunningham

Service: 3 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,381 Votes: 4,311 Participation: 67.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18210(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 2,650 61.83% +1,014 Loser:
PC
 1,636 38.17% Douglas MacDonald

Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,797 Votes: 5,479 Participation: 80.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18236(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 3,179 58.23% Colin H. Chisholm

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Gorman, John Patrick (p. 84)		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Patrick Gorman		 09 Aug 2023

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