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♂ René-Antoine Pelletier
aliasRené-Antoine Pelletier
Record
48883 · 7912

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 1 2 3
Birth 2 September 1908 → 115 years + 8 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 1 month
Death 30 March 1993 → 31 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 53 years + 5 days after 25 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
René-Antoine Pelletier (1908–1993)
© Photo 1936 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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
Canada 4 5 10

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Leonidas A. Giroux  m 
⊖ Joseph P. McIsaac  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald M. Kennedy  m 
⊖ John H. Sissons  m 
 
Eligible: 5,378 Votes: 4,200 Participation: 78.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27797(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
26
SC
 2/3 1,447 35.60% -825 Winner:
LIB
 2,272 55.89% Leonidas A. Giroux
Eligible: 22,443 Votes: 11,601 Participation: 51.69% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22599(F) — 31 Aug 2023 17:51 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
SC
 1/4 5,513 47.52% +1,967 Loser:
LIB
 3,546 30.57% Joseph P. McIsaac

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,380 Votes: 15,568 Participation: 61.34% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22874(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
ND
 2/4 5,347 34.35% -1,079 Winner:
LIB
 6,426 41.28% John H. Sissons

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
René-Antoine Pelletier, M.P.		 30 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
René-Antoine Pelletier, député		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
René-Antoine Pelletier		 30 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Apr 2024 23:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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