Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Michael M. Cassidy

♂ Michael Morris Cassidy
aliasMichael Cassidy
Record
9948 · 1450

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Ontario 4 0 4
Total 5 1 6
Birth 10 May 1937
Age 86 years + 11 months
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 5 months ago (20 November 1988)
Special notes
None
 
Michael Morris Cassidy (1937– )
© Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Ottawa, Ontario (1970–1972)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 2 16
Ontario 12 9 10 Z
TOTAL 16 11 26

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 31–32
NDP
 1 Party leader 40–44 05 Feb 1978 — 06 Feb 1982 4 0 1

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Hardial S. Bains  m 
⊖ Marvin Glass  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Mac Harb  m 
 		 ⊕ John L. Evans  m 
⊕ Garry J. Guzzo  m 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 36,764 Votes: 22,926 Participation: 62.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14138(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
NDP
 1/3 8,075 35.46% +182 Loser:
PC
 7,893 34.66% Garry J. Guzzo

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,908 Votes: 28,548 Participation: 62.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12489(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
NDP
 1/4 11,658 41.07% +2,680 Loser:
PC
 8,978 31.63% Gale Kerwin

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,324 Votes: 25,722 Participation: 56.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12113(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
NDP
 1/4 10,626 41.56% +2,403 Loser:
PC
 8,223 32.16% Brian Cameron

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,786 Votes: 25,536 Participation: 54.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12239(F) — 26 Feb 2022 17:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
NDP
 1/4 9,316 36.77% +599 Loser:
PC
 8,717 34.41% David Small
After his election:
3 Aug 1984 47
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 4 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,162 Votes: 52,271 Participation: 80.22% Candidacies: 9
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3900(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
NDP
 1/9 17,844 34.37% +54 Loser:
PC
 17,790 34.26% Dan Chilcott

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,786 Votes: 19,551 Participation: 41.79% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
32		 Ontario
13 December 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32585(F) — 5 Nov 2022 18:11 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
NDP
 8,165 41.76% Evelyn A. Gigantes
Eligible: inc. Votes: 49,638 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3605(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
NDP
 2/10 17,334 34.92% -762 Winner:
LIB
 18,096 36.46% Mac Harb

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Michael Morris Cassidy		 24 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Michael Morris Cassidy		 24 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Michael Morris Cassidy, M.P.		 24 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Michael Morris Cassidy, député		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Michael Cassidy (Canadian politician)		 24 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Michael Cassidy (homme politique)		 24 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 07:38 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.