♂ Jeremiah Blanchard

Roman Catholic   
Record
5313 · 5492
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 67%
 
Prince Edward Island 6 4 2
Birth Death Lived Died in office
27 September 1859
(164 years 6 months ago)
17 March 1939
(85 years ago)
79 years 5 months No
Family tie with other documented individual
Who ...is/was his Note
J. Elmer Blanchard (1927–1970) Grandson
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Prince Edward Island
Days years months days
4,575 12 6 11
Days years months days
1,829 5 0 3
Days years months days
2,746 7 6 8
The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations.
Electoral history
→ 6 recorded electoral participations
→ 7 electoral path points
 
→ 3 documented challengers:
 
Aubin-Edmond Arsenault  m 
John A. Matheson  m 
Bernard D. McLellan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Provincial
Ass.: 31
Prince Edward Island Prince 1st
30 January 1890 Age:
30
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 3/4 CONS 48.02% 1,005 of 4,186 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Winner > LIB 52.84% 1,106 (+101) John A. Matheson  m  ( 45 )
ID: 26523(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:02 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 32
Prince Edward Island Prince 1st - Councillor
13 December 1893 Age:
34
→ New to this legislature
General 1/2 CONS 55.53% 1,044 of 1,313 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > LIB 44.47% 836 (-208) Bernard D. McLellan  m  ( 34 )
ID: 26544(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 39
Prince Edward Island Prince 3rd - Assemblyman
24 July 1919 Age:
59
Defeated incumbent Exit from legislature →
General 2/2 LIB 46.11% 610 of 1,323 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Winner > CONS 53.89% 713 (+103) Aubin-Edmond Arsenault  m  ( 48 )
ID: 25422(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:48 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 39
Prince Edward Island Prince 1st - Assemblyman
30 August 1922 Age:
62
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus
By-Election 1/2 LIB 55.79% 631 of 1,131 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > CONS 44.21% 500 (-131) Gilbert Gaudet  m 
ID: 25443(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET Service: 0 year 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 40
Prince Edward Island Prince 1st - Assemblyman
24 July 1923 Age:
63
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LIB 50.66% 1,353 of 2,671 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > CONS 49.34% 1,318 (-35) Joseph T. Gallant  m 
ID: 25457(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET Service: 3 years 11 months (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 41
Prince Edward Island Prince 1st - Assemblyman
25 June 1927 Age:
67
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/2 LIB 56.46% 1,878 of 3,326 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Loser > CONS 43.54% 1,448 (-430) Joseph T. Gallant  m 
ID: 25493(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 42
Prince Edward Island Prince 1st - Assemblyman
6 August 1931 Age:
71
Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
General  
Successor > LIB 53.40% 2,012 of 3,768 P. Aeneas Gallant  m  ( 49 )
ID: 25528(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
→ 3 online biographical references
 
Lg  Hyperlink  Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.]): Blanchard, Jérémie "Jeremiah" 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: Jeremiah Blanchard 26 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia: Jeremiah Blanchard 26 Dec 2023
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 @ 23:20 ET
Gen.: 16 Apr 2024 @ 19:05 ET