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♂ Joseph-Gaspard Boucher
aliasJoseph-Gaspard Boucher
Record
6110 · 10093

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
New Brunswick 4 1 5
Total 5 1 6
Birth 3 February 1897 → 127 years + 2 months ago
Lived 58 years + 2 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 18 April 1955 → 69 years ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

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 1 8 7
New Brunswick 17 2 22 Z
TOTAL 18 10 30

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
10 documented challengers
⊖ William M. Bird  m 
⊖ Paul-Léon Dubé  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edgar E. Fournier  m 
⊖ Harry E. Marmen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Épiphane P. Nadeau  m 
 		 ⊖ Clarence J. Bourque  m 
⊖ Lucien W. Fortin  m 
⊖ Pio H. Laporte  m 
⊖ Docithe J. Nadeau  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Hervé Proulx  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,570 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32376(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/6 6,011 72.55% +4,260 Loser:
CONS
 1,751 21.13% Paul-Léon Dubé

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,000 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32393(F) — 12 Feb 2022 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 2/5 5,613 62.37% +2,617 Loser:
CONS
 2,996 33.29% Oscar Levasseur

Service: 4 years 9 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,277 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
40		 New Brunswick
28 August 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32413(F) — 26 Apr 2024 21:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 2/6 4,818 47.52% +1,532 Loser:
CCF
 3,286 32.41% Harry E. Marmen

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,081 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Provincial
41		 New Brunswick
28 June 1948
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32433(F) — 26 Apr 2024 21:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/9 6,869 62.29% +3,052 Loser:
IND
 3,817 34.62% Harry E. Marmen

Service: 4 years 2 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,420 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
42		 New Brunswick
22 September 1952
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32451(F) — 26 Apr 2024 21:06 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 4/6 5,745 44.86% -1,326 Winner:
PC
 7,071 55.21% William M. Bird
Eligible: 34,141 Votes: 26,815 Participation: 78.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 New Brunswick
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23728(F) — 27 Jan 2022 17:51 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/4 13,266 50.19% +5,542 Loser:
PC
 7,724 29.22% Dillon Arseneault
After his election:
18 Apr 1955 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 8 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,141 Votes: 24,449 Participation: 71.61% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 New Brunswick
26 September 1955
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23948(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
58		 Successor:
PC
 12,942 52.93% Joseph-Charles Van Horne

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Gaspard Boucher, M.P.		 04 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Gaspard Boucher, député		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph-Gaspard Boucher		 04 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Gaspard Boucher		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 09:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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