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♂ Thomas J. Coonan
aliasThomas J. Coonan
Record
12362 · 7494

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Québec 1 3 4
Total 1 5 6
Birth 7 March 1889 → 135 years + 1 month ago
Lived 78 years + 9 months
First mandate 17 August 1936 → 87 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 22 December 1967 → 56 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 1 month after 24 October 1939
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
Québec 3 2 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph Cohen  m 
⊖ Thomas Guerin  m 
⊕ Charles M. Taylor  m 
 		 ⊖ Francis L. Connors  m 
⊖ Alan A. Macnaughton  m 
⊖ Joseph C. Walsh  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,317 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Québec
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21725(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
32
NLCP
 2/3 5,494 31.73% -5,248 Winner:
LIB
 10,742 62.03% Joseph C. Walsh
Eligible: 4,884 Votes: 4,603 Participation: 94.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16246(F) — 18 Feb 2022 21:03 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
46
CONS
 2/2 1,017 23.28% -2,334 Winner:
QLP
 3,351 76.72% Joseph Cohen
Eligible: 4,885 Votes: 2,296 Participation: 47.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16336(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
UN
 1/2 1,201 53.59% +161 Loser:
QLP
 1,040 46.41% Edward S. McDougall

Service: 3 years 2 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,799 Votes: 7,660 Participation: 64.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16427(F) — 18 Feb 2022 22:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
UN
 2/3 1,564 20.77% -4,206 Winner:
QLP
 5,770 76.62% Francis L. Connors
Eligible: 43,900 Votes: 13,712 Participation: 31.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Québec
23 March 1942
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26408(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
UN
 2/2 3,826 27.90% -6,060 Winner:
QLP
 9,886 72.10% Thomas Guerin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 53,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24970(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
74
PC
 3/4 5,693 10.64% -31,955 Winner:
LIB
 37,648 70.35% Alan A. Macnaughton

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Thomas Joseph Coonan		 19 Sep 2023

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