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♂ Patrick John McNicholas
aliasPatrick McNicholas
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 1 4
Birth 15 April 1919 → 105 years + 2 months ago
Lived ± 70 years
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 2 months
Death c. 1990 → 34 years ago
Exit → Death ± 8 months + 13 days after 19 April 1989
Special notes
None
 
Patrick John McNicholas (1919–c.1990)
© Photo House of Assembly, Newfoundland and Labrador — Fair use
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 9 9 29 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 40
PC
 1 Speaker 65–70 02 Apr 1985 — 19 Apr 1989 4 0 17

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Hubert W. Kitchen  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh J. Shea  m 
 
Eligible: 4,585 Votes: 3,641 Participation: 79.41% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14523(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
PC
 1/5 2,173 60.14% +1,400 Loser:
LIB
 773 21.39% Hugh J. Shea

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,585 Votes: 3,338 Participation: 72.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14471(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 2,357 71.27% +1,700 Loser:
LIB
 657 19.87% John L. Slattery

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,916 Votes: 6,558 Participation: 73.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14419(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/3 3,332 50.97% +1,103 Loser:
LIB
 2,229 34.10% Mary Frances Philpott

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,099 Votes: 6,440 Participation: 79.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14334(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
70
PC
 2/3 2,838 44.14% -129 Winner:
LIB
 2,967 46.14% Hubert W. Kitchen

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Patrick John McNicholas		 14 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Patrick McNicholas		 14 Jun 2024

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