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♂ Jay M. Cowan
aliasJay M. Cowan
Record
13131 · 3830

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 0 4
Birth 31 July 1946 → 77 years + 8 months ago
Lived 75 years + 5 months
First mandate 11 October 1977 → 46 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 2 months
Death 23 January 2022 → 2 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 4 months after 10 September 1990
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 12 10 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Mark Ingebrigtson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 9,501 Votes: 5,436 Participation: 57.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9244(F) — 23 Mar 2022 20:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
NDP
 1/3 2,280 42.13% +288 Loser:
PC
 1,992 36.81% Mark Ingebrigtson

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,742 Votes: 3,509 Participation: 61.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9301(F) — 23 Mar 2022 20:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 1/4 2,247 64.55% +1,364 Loser:
PC
 883 25.37% Mark Ingebrigtson

Service: 4 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,570 Votes: 4,011 Participation: 61.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9357(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
NDP
 1/3 2,940 73.50% +2,083 Loser:
PC
 857 21.43% Walter Menard

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,653 Votes: 4,140 Participation: 62.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9414(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
NDP
 1/3 2,396 58.03% +1,377 Loser:
PC
 1,019 24.68% Wayne Wittmeier

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,887 Votes: 6,864 Participation: 63.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9516(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
NDP
 4,099 59.93% Steven J. Ashton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Cowan, Jay Marine		 02 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Cowan, Jay Marine		 02 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Jay Marine Cowan (1946-2022)		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jay Cowan		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 22:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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