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♂ Lawrence T. Pennell
aliasLarry Pennell
Record
48945 · 12148

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 11 March 1915 → 109 years + 1 month ago
Lived 93 years + 4 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 9 August 2008 → 15 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 1 month after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Lawrence T. Pennell (1915–2008)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
First elected in 1962 as the Liberal MP for Brant—Haldimand, Pennell sat in Parliament for only six years. But, as solicitor general in the Pearson government from '65 to '68, he led the charge to end capital punishment and helped with the creation of the Canada Student Loan Program. After leaving politics in 1968, he was named judge on the Ontario Supreme Court while being chancellor of McMaster University from 1971 to 1977.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 0 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 50–51 07 Jul 1965 — 30 Sep 1966 1 2 23
2. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 50–53 07 Jul 1965 — 19 Apr 1968 2 9 12
 1. Without portfolio
 2. Solicitor General

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Derek N.E. Blackburn  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Charlton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,728 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24581(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/4 11,278 43.84% +395 Loser:
PC
 10,883 42.30% John A. Charlton

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,378 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24845(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 12,733 48.27% +1,919 Loser:
PC
 10,814 41.00% A. Gordon Skinner

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,140 Votes: 26,065 Participation: 76.35% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25114(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 13,179 50.88% +5,270 Loser:
PC
 7,909 30.54% Joe Bradbury

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,481 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9998(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PC
 14,908 47.36% William D. Knowles

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
The Hamilton Spectator, Opinion (2 Janurary 2009), They made a difference: Larry Pennell		 08 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Lawrence T. Pennell, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		 08 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Lawrence T. Pennell, C.P., c.r., député		 08 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lawrence Pennell		 08 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Lawrence Pennell		 08 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 20:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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