James Aloysius McGrath

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James Aloysius McGrath

Statistics

Races

10

Race Wins

9

Total Votes

180,895

Affiliated Parties

Progressive Conservative Party

Electoral Record

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1984 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		30,866

Elizabeth Reynolds	Liberal Party of Canada		5,644

Christine Oliver	New Democratic Party		2,584

Paul Paquet	Libertarian Party of Canada		325

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1980 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		20,007

Ernest J. Bishop	Liberal Party of Canada		8,320

George P. Corbett	New Democratic Party		3,973

Ann Margaret Barney	Independent		270
Carol Hodge	Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada		91

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1979 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		20,262

John Dustan	Liberal Party of Canada		7,734

Stratford G. Canning	New Democratic Party		6,684

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1974 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		16,941

Norman Whalen	Liberal Party of Canada		10,187

George Corbett	New Democratic Party		2,783

J. Wayne Saint John	Independent		242

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1972 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		17,728

Margaret Dunn	Liberal Party of Canada		9,887

R. Graham Kelly	New Democratic Party		1,563

Norman W. King	Social Credit Party of Canada		139

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1968 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		18,153

Joseph Phillip O'Keefe	Liberal Party of Canada		10,558

Mary Summers	New Democratic Party		956

Norman W. King	Social Credit Party of Canada		126

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1963 General Election

Joseph Phillip O'Keefe	Liberal Party of Canada		14,768

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		13,911

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1962 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		14,821

Brian White	Liberal Party of Canada		12,907

James J. Walsh	New Democratic Party		435
Eric Dixon Cave Hiscock	Social Credit Party of Canada		158

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1958 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		17,894

J. Gregory O'Grady	Liberal Party of Canada		9,197

David Ignatius Jackman	Independent Liberal		263

St. John's East

— Newfoundland and Labrador

1957 General Election

James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative Party		10,312

Allan MacPherson Fraser	Liberal Party of Canada		9,073

Occupation History

Member of Parliament

1984

Minister of Fisheries & Oceans

1980

Member of Parliament

1979

Sales executive

1974

Sales executive

1972

Sales agent

1968

Advertising salesman

1963

Advertising executive

1962

Advertising executive

1958

Advertising executive

1957