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♀ Jean Payne
aliasJean Payne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 12 May 1939 → 84 years + 11 months ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 5 months
Death 4 March 2020 → 4 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 9 months after 1 June 1997
Special notes
None
 
Jean Payne (1939–2020)
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Payne was one of the two first women from Newfoundland and Labrador elected to the Canadian Parliament. A Liberal, she represented St John's West for one term (1993–1997).
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 7 6

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Loyola W. Hearn  m 
 		 ⊕ Charles J. Power  m 
 
Eligible: 5,009 Votes: 4,125 Participation: 82.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14498(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/3 860 20.86% -1,818 Winner:
PC
 2,678 64.95% Charles J. Power
Eligible: 76,180 Votes: 43,751 Participation: 57.43% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3236(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 1/5 24,023 55.06% +7,633 Loser:
PC
 16,390 37.57% Loyola W. Hearn

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,200 Votes: 44,206 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2935(F) — 31 Jan 2022 22:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
PC
 19,393 44.07% Charles J. Power

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mrs. Jean Payne, M.P.		 27 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Jean Payne, députée		 27 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jean Payne		 27 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Feb 2024 22:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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