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♂ Léon Casgrain
aliasLéon Casgrain
Record
9904 · 9591

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 6 1 7
Birth 13 August 1892 → 131 years + 9 months ago
Lived 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 16 May 1927 → 97 years + 1 day ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
Death 5 November 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 3 months after 27 July 1948
Special notes
None
 
Léon Casgrain (1892–1967)
© Photo 1940 — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Charles-Arthur Gauvreau (1860–1924) Uncle  
⊖ Charles-Alphonse-Pantaléon Pelletier (1837–1911) Grand-uncle  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 21 2 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Roméo Gagné  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 10,100 Votes: 5,536 Participation: 54.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Québec
16 May 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16094(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
QLP
 1/2 4,434 81.31% +3,415 Loser:
CONS
 1,019 18.69% Ulric Michaud

Service: 4 years 3 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,275 Votes: 5,939 Participation: 81.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16153(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
QLP
 1/2 3,777 64.29% +1,679 Loser:
CONS
 2,098 35.71% Antonio Paradis

Service: 4 years 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,849 Votes: 6,635 Participation: 84.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16262(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
QLP
 1/2 3,866 59.26% +1,208 Loser:
ALN
 2,658 40.74% Alfred Dionne

Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,998 Votes: 7,082 Participation: 88.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16352(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
QLP
 1/2 3,572 50.60% +85 Loser:
UN
 3,487 49.40% Alfred Dionne

Service: 3 years 2 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,122 Votes: 11,504 Participation: 81.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16402(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
QLP
 1/3 6,691 58.67% +2,148 Loser:
UN
 4,543 39.83% Antonio Paradis

Service: 4 years 9 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,770 Votes: 14,121 Participation: 84.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16551(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
QLP
 1/3 7,061 50.37% +901 Loser:
UN
 6,160 43.94% Roméo Gagné

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,600 Votes: 16,671 Participation: 89.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Québec
28 July 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16626(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
QLP
 2/3 6,809 41.25% -2,582 Winner:
UN
 9,391 56.90% Roméo Gagné

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Léon Casgrain		  3 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Léon Casgrain		  3 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Léon Casgrain		  3 Feb 2024

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