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♂ Thomas J. Irwin
aliasThomas J. Irwin
Record
29266 · 7645

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
British Columbia 3 1 4
Total 4 2 6
Birth 21 June 1889 → 134 years + 10 months ago
Lived 72 years + 10 months
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 11 months
Death 15 May 1962 → 61 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 1 month after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
Thomas J. Irwin (1889–1962)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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 0 9 19
British Columbia 4 10 11 Z
TOTAL 5 8 0

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 23–25
SC
 1 Speaker 62–67 12 Jun 1952 — 24 Apr 1957 4 10 12

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Hilliard H.W. Beyerstein  m 
⊖ Gordon H. Dowding  m 
⊖ Tom Goode  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Nehemiah G. Massey  m 
⊖ James H. Rhodes  m 
 		 ⊖ Cedric Cox  m 
⊕ John A.W. Drysdale  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander C. Hope  m 
⊖ Robert W. Prittie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leonard A. Shepherd  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 45,805 Votes: 31,593 Participation: 68.97% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29735(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
SC
 1/4 11,759 37.22% +906 Loser:
CFF
 10,853 34.35% Leonard A. Shepherd

Service: 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,857 Votes: 32,776 Participation: 73.07% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29786(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
SC
 1/7 13,079 42.20% +1,984 Loser:
CFF
 11,095 35.80% Leonard A. Shepherd

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,884 Votes: 69,418 Participation: 72.78% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29837(F) — 4 Mar 2022 12:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
SC
 1/8 18,848 54.30% +7,646 Loser:
CFF
 11,202 32.27% Walter H. Johnson
After his election:
26 Apr 1957 67
SC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,560 Votes: 30,983 Participation: 72.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23972(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
67
SC
 1/4 7,999 26.04% +59 Loser:
PC
 7,940 25.84% John A.W. Drysdale

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,884 Votes: 25,468 Participation: 52.10% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
9 September 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29873(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
SC
 9,989 39.41% Gordon L. Gibson
Eligible: 42,560 Votes: 34,109 Participation: 80.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24238(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
SC
 4/4 3,190 9.35% -12,380 Winner:
PC
 15,570 45.65% John A.W. Drysdale
Eligible: 56,241 Votes: 79,898 Participation: 71.03% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29877(F) — 4 Mar 2022 13:10 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
71
SC
 4/9 13,394 33.53% -4,128 Winner:
CFF
 17,522 43.86% Gordon H. Dowding

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas James Irwin		 01 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas James Irwin		 01 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Irwin (Canadian politician)		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 20:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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