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♂ Desire J. Comeau
aliasDesire J. Comeau
Record
12049 · 10469

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 23 July 1906 → 117 years + 9 months ago
Lived 66 years + 2 months
First mandate 9 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 10 months
Death 6 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 4 months after 25 May 1953
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
Nova Scotia 3 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Pierre E. Belliveau  m 
 		 ⊖ Benoit Comeau  m 
 
Eligible: 5,093 Votes: 4,229 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18262(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
PC
 1/2 2,116 50.45% +38 Loser:
LIB
 2,078 49.55% Benoit Comeau

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,967 Votes: 3,968 Participation: 79.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18277(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
PC
 2/2 1,639 41.54% -668 Winner:
LIB
 2,307 58.46% Pierre E. Belliveau

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Comeau, Desire Joseph (p. 39)		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Desire J. Comeau		 02 Aug 2023

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