Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Thomas McCarthy
aliasThomas McCarthy
Record
40591 · 4960

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Canada 1 0 1
Birth c. 1832 → 192 years ago
Lived ± 38 years
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age ± 35 years
Death 23 September 1870 → 153 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Thomas McCarthy (c.1832–1870) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
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
Canada 3 1 16

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
Pierre Gélinas  m 
 
Joseph-Xavier Perrault  m 
 
Eligible: 2,912 Votes: 1,852 Participation: 63.60% Candidacies: 3
Federal
1
Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17758(F) — 19 Jan 2022 20:26 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
±35
CONS
1/3 777 41.95% +152 Loser:
LIB
625 33.75% Joseph-Xavier Perrault
After his election:
23 Sep 1870 ±38
CONS
Vac.
Died in office
Service: 3 years 1 month 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,912 Votes: 2,043 Participation: 70.16% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1
Québec
18 November 1870
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18464(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
Deceased
Age
±38
Successor:
ICON
1,194 58.44% Georges I. Barthe

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Thomas McCarthy
22 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas McCarthy, M.P.
22 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas McCarthy, député
22 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas McCarthy (Canadian politician)
22 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Thomas McCarthy (homme politique canadien)
22 Nov 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Nov 2023 13:19 (but data presented dynamically)