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♂ Lawrence I. O'Neil
aliasLawrence O'Neil

Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate

Not in office

Performance: 50%

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Canada	1	1	2

Birth	14 November 1954
Age	69 years + 5 months
First mandate	4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago ↳ at age 29 years + 9 months

Mandate ended	35 years + 5 months ago (20 November 1988)

Special notes
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Lawrence I. O'Neil (1954– ) © Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
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Well that's interesting!
A one-term Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative MP, O'Neil moved in 1985 to introduce a bill to amend the Criminal Code to require that every unborn child be represented by legal counsel at therapeutic abortion committees across the country. Four months before the 1988 general election, he told the House of Commons that " [i]t appears that there is widespread acceptance of the notion that a mother should have the right to control her body. There is no such right." The people of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso voted him out of office, replacing him by a Liberal, Francis LeBlanc.

Legislature	years	months	days	years	months	days	years	months	days
Legislature	Total			Government			Opposition
Canada	4	2	16

Races	2
Path points	2

1 documented challenger
⊕ Francis G. LeBlanc m

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Details: Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

Eligible:

46,446

Votes:

38,949

Participation:

83.86%

Candidacies:

Federal 33	Nova Scotia 4 September 1984 General First-past-the-post
Gov't	PC
ID: 3832(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET

✓	→ New to Parliament
Age 29	PC	1/3	19,371	50.05%	+4,345	Loser:	LIB	15,026	38.82%	Kenzie MacKinnon
Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)