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♂ Joseph-Alexandre Mercier
aliasJoseph-Alexandre Mercier
Record
42986 · 7550

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 3 December 1874 → 149 years + 6 months ago
Lived 60 years + 7 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 16 July 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Alexandre Mercier (1874–1935)
© Photo — 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 9 8 14

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Rodolphe Monty  m 
 
 
Eligible: 38,287 Votes: 22,994 Participation: 60.06% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Québec
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21970(F) — 8 May 2024 21:43 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 12,889 56.05% +2,784 Loser:
LC
 10,105 43.95% Rodolphe Monty
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 51
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 38,287 Votes: 21,066 Participation: 55.02% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Québec
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22223(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 12,724 60.40% +4,382 Loser:
LC
 8,342 39.60% Jn-Éd.-Charles Bumbray

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,968 Votes: 26,808 Participation: 58.32% Candidacies: 4
Federal
17		 Québec
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22497(F) — 25 Jan 2022 20:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 15,259 56.92% +7,669 Loser:
LC
 7,590 28.31% Hector-Frédéric Fortier
After his election:
16 Jul 1935 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,160 Votes: 27,383 Participation: 66.53% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Québec
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22769(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 12,998 47.47% Ernest Bertrand

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Alexandre Mercier, M.P.		  1 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Alexandre Mercier, député		  1 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph-Alexandre Mercier		  1 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Alexandre Mercier		  1 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jun 2024 21:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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