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♂ Joseph-Alphée Poirier
aliasAlphée Poirier
Record
50057 · 7683

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 5 February 1899 → 125 years + 4 months ago
Lived 45 years + 7 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 1 month
Death 19 September 1944 → 79 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Alphée Poirier (1899–1944)
© Photo 1940 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 24

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Bona Arsenault  m 
 
 
Eligible: 20,451 Votes: 15,187 Participation: 74.26% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23022(F) — 26 Jan 2022 21:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 9,446 62.20% +3,705 Loser:
NATG
 5,741 37.80% Bona Arsenault
After his election:
19 Sep 1944 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,245 Votes: 15,536 Participation: 73.13% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23282(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
45		 Successor:
IND
 7,885 50.75% Bona Arsenault

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Alphée Poirier, M.P.		  5 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Alphée Poirier, député		  5 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alphée Poirier (MP)		  5 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Alphée Poirier		  5 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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