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♂ Edmund James Flynn
aliasEdmund Flynn
Record
20194 · 6120

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 64%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Québec 9 3 12
Total 9 5 14
Birth 16 November 1847 → 176 years + 5 months ago
Lived 79 years + 6 months
First mandate 1 May 1878 → 145 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 5 months
Death 7 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 6 months after 24 November 1904
Special notes
None
 
Edmund James Flynn (1847–1927)
© Photo 1897 William Notman and Son — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Jacques Flynn (1915–2000) Grandson  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 24 9 27 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 8–10
CONS
 1 Party leader 48–56 11 May 1896 — 30 Sep 1904 8 4 19
2. QC 8
CONS
 1 Premier 48–49 11 May 1896 — 10 May 1897 0 11 29
3. QC 9–10
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 49–57 11 May 1897 — 24 Nov 1904 7 6 13

Electoral history

Races 14  
Path points 16  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Achille-Ferdinand Carrier  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont  m 
⊖ Louis-Félix Pinault  m 
 		 ⊖ Pierre-Étienne Fortin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Marcil  m 
⊖ Ernest Roy  m 
 
Eligible: 2,571 Votes: 1,934 Participation: 75.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Québec
7 July 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14964(F) — 20 Jul 2023 10:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
QLP
 2/2 810 43.02% -263 Winner:
CONS
 1,073 56.98% Pierre-Étienne Fortin
Eligible: 2,571 Votes: 1,885 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Québec
2 July 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15929(F) — 20 Jul 2023 10:34 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
29
QLP
 2/2 901 47.80% -83 Winner:
CONS
 984 52.20% Pierre-Étienne Fortin
Eligible: 3,631 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Québec
1 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
 CONS  29 Oct 1879
ID: 15029(F) — 13 Jul 2023 15:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
29 Oct 1879 31
QLP
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
29 Oct 1879 31
QLP
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
1 Nov 1879 31
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 6 months (Gov't & Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 3,631 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Québec
6 December 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17042(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,226 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Québec
2 December 1881
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15094(F) — 17 Feb 2022 07:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
11 Feb 1884 36
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 2 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,226 Votes: 1,432 Participation: 33.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Québec
2 April 1884
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26228(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
CONS
 1/2 1,216 84.92% +1,000 Loser:
QLP
 216 15.08% John Slous

Service: 2 years 6 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,386 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Québec
14 October 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 QLP  27 Jan 1887
ID: 15159(F) — 21 Jul 2023 16:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
27 Jan 1887 39
CONS
 →
QLP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,032 Votes: 2,916 Participation: 72.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Québec
17 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15224(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
CONS
 2/2 1,286 44.93% -290 Winner:
QLP
 1,576 55.07% Achille-Ferdinand Carrier
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,044 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19919(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 2/2 1,352 44.42% -340 Winner:
LIB
 1,692 55.58% Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont
Eligible: 4,192 Votes: 3,070 Participation: 73.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15299(F) — 17 Feb 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 1,873 61.53% +702 Loser:
QLP
 1,171 38.47% Achille-Ferdinand Carrier

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,894 Votes: 2,251 Participation: 77.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15314(F) — 17 Feb 2022 13:21 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 1,157 52.33% +103 Loser:
QLP
 1,054 47.67% Louis-Félix Pinault
After his election:
2 Jun 1892 44
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,894 Votes: 1,841 Participation: 63.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Québec
3 November 1892
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26263(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
QLP
 929 50.46% Louis-Félix Pinault
Eligible: 3,521 Votes: 2,932 Participation: 83.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
11 May 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15372(F) — 8 Sep 2021 10:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
CONS
 1/2 1,430 50.19% +11 Loser:
QLP
 1,419 49.81% Charles Marcil

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,189 Votes: 4,711 Participation: 76.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Québec
7 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15475(F) — 8 Sep 2021 10:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
CONS
 1/2 2,366 50.44% +41 Loser:
QLP
 2,325 49.56% Charles Milot

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,400 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
11		 Québec
25 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15549(F) — 17 Feb 2022 19:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
QLP
 Acclam. Alfred Marchildon
Eligible: 4,840 Votes: 4,035 Participation: 83.37% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Québec
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20944(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
60
CONS
 2/2 1,921 47.97% -163 Winner:
LIB
 2,084 52.03% Ernest Roy

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Edmund James Flynn		 11 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Flynn, Edmund James		 11 Apr 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Flynn, Edmund James		 11 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Flynn, Edmund James		 11 Apr 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Edmund James Flynn		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edmund James Flynn		 11 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Edmund James Flynn		 11 Apr 2024

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