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♂ Irwin Cotler
aliasIrwin Cotler
Record
12875 · 984

Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 8 May 1940
Age 83 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 November 1999 → 24 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Irwin Cotler (1940– )
© Photo 2017 Jindřich Nosek (NoJin) — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 15 10 28

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 37–38
LIB
 1 Minister 63–65 12 Dec 2003 — 05 Feb 2006 2 1 24
 1. Justice and Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Diane Johnston  f  (4 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 62,841 Votes: 17,310 Participation: 27.55% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
15 November 1999
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10840(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 15,820 91.98% +15,172 Loser:
PC
 648 3.77% Noel E. Alexander

Service: 1 year 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 68,605 Votes: 41,103 Participation: 59.91% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2812(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/8 33,118 81.24% +30,629 Loser:
PC
 2,489 6.11% Stephane Gelgoot

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,537 Votes: 38,201 Participation: 53.40% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1220(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/7 28,670 75.68% +25,399 Loser:
CPC
 3,271 8.63% Matthew Fireman

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 70,492 Votes: 37,230 Participation: 52.81% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 726(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/6 24,248 65.55% +17,627 Loser:
CPC
 6,621 17.90% Neil Drabkin

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,211 Votes: 35,673 Participation: 52.30% Candidacies: 7
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5952(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/7 19,702 55.65% +10,026 Loser:
CPC
 9,676 27.33% Rafael Tzoubari

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,556 Votes: 39,319 Participation: 57.35% Candidacies: 7
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6492(F) — 20 Apr 2024 11:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
LIB
 1/7 16,151 41.41% +2,260 Loser:
CPC
 13,891 35.61% Saulie Zajdel

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 74,416 Votes: 48,476 Participation: 65.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7577(F) — 28 Mar 2022 12:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
LIB
 24,187 50.34% Anthony Housefather

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C., O.Q., M.P.		 15 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Irwin Cotler, C.P., O.C., O.Q., député		 15 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Irwin Cotler		 15 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Irwin Cotler		 15 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Feb 2024 11:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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