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♂ Thomas E. Siddon
aliasThomas E. Siddon
Record
56644 · 298

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 9 November 1941
Age 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 16 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 6 months ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Thomas E. Siddon (1941– )
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 15 0 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Minister 44–48 20 Nov 1985 — 22 Feb 1990 4 3 2
2. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 48–51 23 Feb 1990 — 24 Jun 1993 3 4 1
3. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 51 25 Jun 1993 — 03 Nov 1993 0 4 9
4. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 51 25 Jun 1993 — 24 Oct 1993 0 3 29
 1. Fisheries and Oceans
 2. Indian Affairs and Northern Development
 3. National Defence
 4. British Columbia [Without portfolio]

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Raymond Chan  m 
⊕ Nick Loenen  m 
 		 ⊖ Ernest A. LeCours  m 
⊖ Homer J. Stevens  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 73,914 Votes: 47,883 Participation: 64.78% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 British Columbia
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10891(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
PC
 1/5 30,395 63.48% +19,087 Loser:
NDP
 11,308 23.62% Mercia Stickney

Service: 7 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,512 Votes: 55,998 Participation: 73.19% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4359(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/5 30,262 54.04% +16,738 Loser:
NDP
 13,524 24.15% Mercia Stickney

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 76,512 Votes: 56,267 Participation: 73.54% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4077(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/5 29,192 51.98% +15,586 Loser:
NDP
 13,606 24.23% Mercia Stickney

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 89,127 Votes: 69,046 Participation: 77.47% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3790(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/6 38,168 55.40% +21,791 Loser:
NDP
 16,377 23.77% Ron Dickson

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 58,025 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3495(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/8 25,559 44.05% +9,772 Loser:
NDP
 15,787 27.21% Tom Beardsley

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 83,668 Votes: 58,299 Participation: 69.68% Candidacies: 12
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3192(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
PC
 3/12 11,033 19.05% -10,424 Winner:
LIB
 21,457 37.05% Raymond Chan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Edward Siddon, P.C., M.P.		 26 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Edward Siddon, C.P., député		 26 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Tom Siddon		 26 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Feb 2024 07:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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