Liberal nomination in the resulting by-election, but lost to city councillor Rick Limoges. Limoges won the by-election, narrowly defeating Comartin, although Comartin defeated Limoges in the 2000 election. She is buried on Pelee Island, Canada’s most southern inhabited land. Her gravesite can be found in the municipal cemetery there. Legacy In 2000, the Writers' Trust of Canada instituted a literary award, the Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing, in her memory. Journalist Susan Delacourt published a biography of Cohen, Shaughnessy: The Passionate Politics of Shaughnessy Cohen, the same year. Electoral record |- |New Democratic Party |Howard McCurdy |align="right"|18,915 |Liberal |Shaughnessy Cohen |align="right"|16,192 |Progressive Conservative |Bruck Easton |align="right"|8,453 |- |Liberal |Shaughnessy Cohen |align="right"| 22,958 |New Democratic Party |Howard McCurdy |align="right"| 8,871 |Progressive Conservative |Tom Porter |align="right"|4,553 |Reform | Greg Novini |align="right"|4,153 |Natural Law |Stephanie Moniatowicz |align="right"|194 |Marxist-Leninist |Dale Woodyard |align="right"|61 |Abolitionist |Ayesha F. Bharmal |align="right"|52 |- |Liberal |Shaughnessy Cohen |align="right"|16,496 |New Democratic Party |Joe Comartin |align="right"|14,237 |Reform |Harold Downs |align="right"|5,899 |Progressive Conservative |Bruck Easton |align="right"|4,253 |Marxist-Leninist |Dale Woodyard |align="right"|115 References External links 1948 births 1998 deaths Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from London, Ontario Politicians from Windsor, Ontario 20th-century Canadian women politicians Canadian people of Irish descent University of Windsor alumni