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♂ John R. Courage
aliasJohn R. Courage
Record
12977 · 5811

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 0 4
Birth 15 March 1915 → 109 years + 1 month ago
Lived 55 years + 2 months
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 2 months
Death 20 May 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 4 months after 15 January 1962
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 12 7 17 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 31–32
LIB
 1 Speaker 41–46 02 Oct 1956 — 15 Jan 1962 5 3 13

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,267 Votes: 4,381 Participation: 69.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26021(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 4,032 92.54% +3,707 Loser:
PC
 325 7.46% C. Douglas Pinsent

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,267 Votes: 4,562 Participation: 72.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26060(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 4,364 96.27% +4,195 Loser:
PC
 169 3.73% Stanley Keeping

Service: 4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,114 Votes: 3,941 Participation: 64.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26085(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 3,337 85.00% +2,748 Loser:
PC
 589 15.00% Samuel Walters

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,114 Votes: 3,856 Participation: 63.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26122(F) — 27 Feb 2022 12:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 2,884 75.24% +1,935 Loser:
PC
 949 24.76% Eric D.C. Hiscock
After his election:
15 Jan 1962 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,189 Votes: 1,812 Participation: 56.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26157(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LIB
 1,552 86.17% Henry R.V. Earle

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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John R. Courage		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 22:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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