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♀ Audrey Marlene McLaughlin
aliasAudrey McLaughlin
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Canada 3 0 3
Birth 7 November 1936
Age 87 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 July 1987 → 36 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
Audrey Marlene McLaughlin (1936– )
© Photo 2012 Frank Saptel — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Leader of the federal New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995, McLaughlin was the first female leader of a political party represented in the House of Commons, as well as the first federal party leader to represent a riding in a Canadian territory.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 10 10

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 34–35
NDP
 1 Party leader 53–58 05 Dec 1989 — 13 Oct 1995 5 10 8

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Donald W. Branigan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 15,056 Votes: 9,297 Participation: 61.75% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Yukon
20 July 1987
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
NDP
 1/4 3,273 35.20% +259 Loser:
LIB
 3,014 32.42% Donald W. Branigan

Service: 1 year 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,823 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Yukon
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3741(F) — 30 Jan 2022 17:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
NDP
 1/4 6,594 51.42% +2,070 Loser:
PC
 4,524 35.28% Charlie Friday

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,565 Votes: 14,471 Participation: 70.37% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Yukon
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3446(F) — 30 Jan 2022 19:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
NDP
 1/6 6,252 43.34% +2,893 Loser:
LIB
 3,359 23.29% Donald W. Branigan

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,934 Votes: 13,915 Participation: 69.81% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Yukon
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3145(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
NDP
 4,002 28.94% Louise F. Hardy

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
CBC Archives (2 December 2018), The day Audrey McLaughlin and the New Democrats made history		 09 Apr 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Audrey McLaughlin		 09 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
McLaughlin, Audrey		 09 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Audrey Marlene McLaughlin, O.C., P.C., M.P.		 09 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Audrey Marlene McLaughlin, O.C., C.P., députée		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Audrey McLaughlin		 09 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Audrey McLaughlin		 09 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Apr 2024 22:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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