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♂ J. Paul Meagher
aliasJ. Paul Meagher
Record
42708 · 3487

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth 4 April 1939 → 85 years ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 26 April 1982 → 42 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 43 years
Death 28 May 2019 → 4 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 7 months after 19 October 1986
Special notes
None
 

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
Saskatchewan 4 5 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ George R.A. (Ted) Bowerman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Raymond J. Funk  m 
⊖ P. Myron Kowalsky  m 
 		 ⊖ Michael Feschuk  m 
⊕ Gordon Kirkby  m 
⊕ Rick Laliberte  m 
 
Eligible: 8,647 Votes: 6,777 Participation: 78.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9072(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 2/3 2,035 30.12% -1,103 Winner:
NPD
 3,138 46.44% George R.A. (Ted) Bowerman
Eligible: 9,476 Votes: 7,413 Participation: 78.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9171(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
PC
 2/3 3,029 41.07% -806 Winner:
NPD
 3,835 52.00% George R.A. (Ted) Bowerman
Eligible: 12,132 Votes: 9,649 Participation: 79.53% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10682(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/4 4,258 44.25% +26 Loser:
NDP
 4,232 43.98% Michael Feschuk

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,971 Votes: 10,895 Participation: 84.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10747(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 2/3 4,039 37.17% -2,020 Winner:
NDP
 6,059 55.76% P. Myron Kowalsky
Eligible: 48,507 Votes: 30,197 Participation: 62.25% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3434(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
54
REF
 3/8 5,702 18.98% -5,899 Winner:
LIB
 11,601 38.61% Gordon Kirkby

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Meagher, John Paul 1939 –  (p. 27)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Paul Meagher		 17 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Sep 2023 18:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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