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♂ Michael D. Cooper
aliasMike Cooper
Record
12407 · 9457

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth 31 July 1951
Age 72 years + 8 months
First mandate 6 September 1990 → 33 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 10 months ago (7 June 1995)
Special notes
None
 
Michael D. Cooper (1951– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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
Ontario 4 9 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gary L. Leadston  m 
⊖ John R. Sweeney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Lynn A. Myers  m 
 
Eligible: 53,579 Votes: 29,599 Participation: 55.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12341(F) — 6 Jul 2023 21:25 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
NDP
 3/3 4,673 15.90% -11,314 Winner:
LIB
 15,987 54.38% John R. Sweeney
Eligible: 56,021 Votes: 31,090 Participation: 55.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5607(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
NDP
 2/3 7,503 24.30% -10,648 Winner:
LIB
 18,151 58.79% John R. Sweeney
Eligible: 61,820 Votes: 37,148 Participation: 60.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5477(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
NDP
 1/4 16,056 43.94% +5,187 Loser:
LIB
 10,869 29.75% Carl Zehr

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,102 Votes: 38,453 Participation: 59.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5334(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
NDP
 3/4 8,146 21.40% -9,246 Winner:
PC
 17,392 45.70% Gary L. Leadston
Eligible: 72,549 Votes: 45,808 Participation: 63.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3043(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
NDP
 4/4 3,180 6.98% -16,858 Winner:
LIB
 20,038 44.01% Lynn A. Myers

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Mike Cooper		 26 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Mike Cooper		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mike Cooper (politician)		 26 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Apr 2024 07:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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