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♂ Henri-Sévérin Béland
aliasHenri-Sévérin Béland
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 90%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 1 8
Québec 2 0 2
Total 9 1 10
Birth 11 October 1869 → 154 years + 7 months ago
Lived 65 years + 6 months
First mandate 11 May 1897 → 127 years + 6 days ago
↳ at age 27 years + 7 months
Death 22 April 1935 → 89 years ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 7 months after 4 September 1925
Special notes
None
 
Henri-Sévérin Béland (1869–1935)
© Photo 1906 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Béland was re-elected by acclamation as the Liberal MP for the Québec riding of Beauce in the 1917 general election, this despite his being held as a prisoner of war at Stadtvogtei Prison in Berlin, Germany.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 23 7 0
Québec 4 7 26 Z
TOTAL 28 2 26

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 11
LIB
 1 Minister 41 19 Aug 1911 — 06 Oct 1911 0 1 17
2. CA 14–15
LIB
 1 Minister 52–56 29 Dec 1921 — 14 Apr 1926 4 3 16
3. CA 14–15
LIB
 1 Minister 52–56 29 Dec 1921 — 14 Apr 1926 4 3 16
 1. Post Office
 2. Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
 3. Health [Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment]

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 12  
1 documented challenger
⊖ David-Ovide L'Espérance  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,998 Votes: 6,039 Participation: 75.51% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
11 May 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15357(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
QLP
 1/2 3,371 56.31% +755 Loser:
CONS
 2,616 43.69% Cyprien Fortin

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,566 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
10		 Québec
7 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15431(F) — 17 Feb 2022 15:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
7 Jan 1902 32
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
9		 Québec
8 January 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20487(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 9 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,566 Votes: 5,412 Participation: 63.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Québec
31 January 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26283(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
32		 Successor:
QLP
 3,159 58.37% Arthur Godbout
Eligible: 9,121 Votes: 4,948 Participation: 54.25% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Québec
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20670(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 3,601 73.31% +2,290 Loser:
CONS
 1,311 26.69% E.M.A. Savard

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,157 Votes: 4,299 Participation: 42.33% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Québec
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20931(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 4,082 95.71% +3,899 Loser:
CONS
 183 4.29% Alphonse Poirier

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,282 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21159(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 4,823 58.23% +1,364 Loser:
CONS
 3,459 41.77% Georges Cloutier

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,981 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21192(F) — 23 Jan 2022 19:03 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIB
 2/2 1,328 44.55% -325 Winner:
CONS
 1,653 55.45% David-Ovide L'Espérance
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
13		 Québec
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21417(F) — 23 Jan 2022 20:57 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
48
LL
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,365 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 Québec
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21674(F) — 24 Jan 2022 07:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 12,030 90.01% +10,695 Loser:
NLCP
 1,335 9.99% J. Ephrem Lambert
After his election:
29 Dec 1921 52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
14		 Québec
19 January 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21762(F) — 11 Oct 2022 19:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
4 Sep 1925 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,613 Votes: 16,449 Participation: 72.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Québec
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21945(F) — 27 Jun 2023 20:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 12,765 77.60% Édouard Lacroix

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Béland, Henri		  3 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Béland, Henri		  3 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Henri Sévérin Béland, P.C., Senator, M.P.		  3 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Henri Sévérin Béland, C.P., sénateur, député		  3 Dec 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
Henri-Sévérin Béland		  3 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Henri Sévérin Béland		  3 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Henri Sévérin Béland		  3 Dec 2023

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