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♂ Leslie R. Thoms
aliasLeslie R. Thoms
Record
61121 · 4539

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 2 3
Birth 7 March 1938 → 86 years + 1 month ago
Lived 61 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 3 months
Death 5 December 1999 → 24 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 8 months after 5 April 1982
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 9 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Henry R.V. Earle  m 
 		 ⊕ William Matthews  m 
 
Eligible: 3,417 Votes: 2,804 Participation: 82.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14684(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 1,226 43.72% -337 Winner:
PC
 1,563 55.74% Henry R.V. Earle
Eligible: 7,171 Votes: 5,302 Participation: 73.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14502(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 3,431 65.04% +1,785 Loser:
PC
 1,646 31.20% Clarence W. Rogers

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,171 Votes: 5,551 Participation: 77.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14450(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LIB
 2/3 2,442 44.14% -415 Winner:
PC
 2,857 51.64% William Matthews

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (6 December 1999), News release		 09 Sep 2023

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