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♂ Edward Finn
aliasEdward Finn
Record
19832 · 8701

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 2 2
Total 0 4 4
Birth 4 June 1926 → 97 years + 11 months ago
Lived 94 years + 6 months
First run 20 August 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 2 months
Death 27 December 2020 → 3 years + 4 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Edward Finn (1926–2020) 200x185
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 31–33
DP
 1 Party leader 32–36 01 Apr 1959 — 18 Nov 1962 3 7 17

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Charles H. Ballam  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William J. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Herman M. Batten  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 7,446 Votes: 5,600 Participation: 75.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26129(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
33
DP
 2/3 1,776 31.87% -1,325 Winner:
LIB
 3,101 55.64% Charles H. Ballam
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24563(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
36
NDP
 3/3 4,313 17.27% -8,458 Winner:
LIB
 12,771 51.14% Herman M. Batten
Eligible: 8,896 Votes: 5,510 Participation: 61.94% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26164(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
36
NDP
 2/2 2,620 47.81% -240 Winner:
LIB
 2,860 52.19% Charles H. Ballam
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,773 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24827(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
36
NDP
 2/3 4,873 21.40% -8,732 Winner:
LIB
 13,605 59.74% Herman M. Batten

Online biographical reference

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EN Wikipedia
Ed Finn		 29 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Dec 2023 20:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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