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♀ Grace Mary McCarthy
aliasGrace McCarthy
Record
40578 · 11704

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 6 2 8
Birth 14 October 1927 → 96 years + 6 months ago
Lived 89 years + 7 months
First mandate 12 September 1966 → 57 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 10 months
Death 24 May 2017 → 6 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 7 months after 16 October 1991
Special notes
None
 
Grace Mary McCarthy (1927–2017)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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
British Columbia 21 9 17 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 35
SC
 1 Party leader 66 06 Nov 1993 — 02 May 1994 0 5 26

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
12 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph H. Corsbie  m 
⊕ Michael G. De Jong  m 
⊕ Michael F. Harcourt  m 
⊖ Douglas L. Mowat  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leslie R. Peterson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Evan M. Wolfe  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Roy T. Cummings  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Richard J.J. Durante  m 
⊕ Arthur J. Lee  m 
⊖ Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell  f 
⊖ Homer J. Stevens  m 
⊖ Phyllis F. Young  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 38,720 Votes: 50,495 Participation: 65.21% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29964(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
SC
 2/6 11,566 46.23% +2,946 Loser:
NDP
 8,620 34.45% Joseph H. Corsbie

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,966 Votes: 56,459 Participation: 64.21% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30060(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
SC
 2/6 14,044 50.06% +5,024 Loser:
NDP
 9,020 32.15% Richard M. Rockwell

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,285 Votes: 59,343 Participation: 67.00% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30108(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
SC
 4/12 11,109 37.70% -652 Winner:
NDP
 11,761 39.92% Roy T. Cummings
Eligible: 46,730 Votes: 59,305 Participation: 63.45% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30158(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
48
SC
 1/8 15,627 53.23% +3,627 Loser:
NDP
 12,000 40.88% Phyllis F. Young

Service: 3 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 60,999 Votes: 72,520 Participation: 59.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30208(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/4 19,350 54.22% +2,341 Loser:
NDP
 17,009 47.66% Michael F. Harcourt

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,158 Votes: 82,529 Participation: 74.81% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35828(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
SC
 1/6 20,578 50.36% +1,635 Loser:
NDP
 18,943 46.36% Jean Swanson

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,482 Votes: 82,718 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35880(F) — 25 Jul 2023 19:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
SC
 1/8 18,049 43.64% +2,332 Loser:
NDP
 15,717 38.00% Colin P. Kelly

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,915 Votes: 23,418 Participation: 71.15% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7924(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NDP
 10,383 45.43% Tom Perry
Eligible: 27,932 Votes: 13,252 Participation: 47.44% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 February 1994
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 10958(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
66
SC
 2/7 5,422 41.45% -42 Winner:
LIB
 5,464 41.77% Michael G. De Jong

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Grace McCarthy		 01 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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