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♂ Léon Balcer
aliasLéon Balcer
Record
2415 · 7838

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Québec 0 1 1
Total 6 1 7
Birth 13 October 1917 → 106 years + 8 months ago
Lived 73 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 8 months
Death 22 March 1991 → 33 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 4 months after 7 November 1965
Special notes
None
 
Léon Balcer (1917–1991)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 16 4 6

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 39 21 Jun 1957 — 06 Aug 1957 0 1 16
2. CA 23–24
PC
 1 Minister 39–42 21 Jun 1957 — 10 Oct 1960 3 3 19
3. CA 24
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 42 21 Jan 1960 — 10 Oct 1960 0 8 19
4. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister 42–45 11 Oct 1960 — 21 Apr 1963 2 6 10
5. CA 25
PC
 2 ✓ Minister 44 11 Jul 1962 — 07 Aug 1962 0 0 27
 1. Mines and Technical Surveys [Int]
 2. Solicitor General
 3. Secretary of State of Canada [Int]
 4. Transport
 5. Secretary of State of Canada [Int]

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Yves Gabias  m 
⊖ H.-Georges Grenier  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Wilfrid Gariépy  m 
⊖ Joseph-Alfred Mongrain  m 
 
Eligible: 31,633 Votes: 25,883 Participation: 81.82% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23599(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
PC
 1/5 10,015 38.96% +51 Loser:
LIB
 9,964 38.77% Wilfrid Gariépy

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,080 Votes: 29,714 Participation: 87.19% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23909(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/2 15,556 52.80% +1,651 Loser:
LIB
 13,905 47.20% Joseph-Alfred Mongrain

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,837 Votes: 29,920 Participation: 83.49% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24195(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 15,004 50.60% +592 Loser:
LIB
 14,412 48.60% François Nobert

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,837 Votes: 30,210 Participation: 84.30% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24461(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 18,049 59.75% +6,856 Loser:
LIB
 11,193 37.05% Antoine Gauthier

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,935 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24738(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/3 15,545 48.68% +3,870 Loser:
LIB
 11,675 36.56% Claude Bisson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,577 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25002(F) — 28 Jun 2023 12:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/4 14,558 44.69% +1,481 Loser:
LIB
 13,077 40.14% Claude Bisson
After his election:
7 Apr 1965 47
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,700 Votes: 32,137 Participation: 78.96% Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25271(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
IND
 12,927 40.93% Joseph-Alfred Mongrain
Eligible: 38,408 Votes: 31,832 Participation: 82.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11291(F) — 19 Feb 2022 13:00 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
48
QLP
 2/3 14,317 45.64% -1,045 Winner:
UN
 15,362 48.97% Yves Gabias

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Canadian Broadcast Corporation, CBC Player Archives: Conservative MP sides with Pearson on flag		  5 Jun 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Léon Balcer		  5 Jun 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Balcer, Léon		  5 Jun 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Léon Balcer, P.C., M.P.		  5 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Léon Balcer, C.P., député		  5 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Léon Balcer		  5 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Léon Balcer		  5 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Jun 2024 10:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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