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♂ Séraphin R. Léger
aliasSéraphin R. Léger
Record
35487 · 10855

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 5 1 6
Birth 28 August 1870 → 153 years + 7 months ago
Lived 64 years + 8 months
First mandate 3 March 1908 → 116 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 37 years + 6 months
Death 15 May 1935 → 88 years + 11 months 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
New Brunswick 22 6 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Theobald M. Burns  m 
⊖ Wesley H. Coffyn  m 
⊖ J. Benoît Hachey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph A. Poirier  m 
⊖ Jean George Robichaud  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alphonse Sormany  m 
⊖ Peter J. Veniot  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick T.B. Young  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James P. Byrne  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ J. André Doucet  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John P. Lordon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Clovis-Thomas Richard  m 
⊖ Martin J. Robichaud  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Albert J.H. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alfred J. Witzell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,612 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Provincial
32		 New Brunswick
3 March 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32221(F) — 15 Oct 2023 13:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 3/10 2,150 47.39% +569 Loser:
CONS
 1,581 34.85% Theobald M. Burns

Service: 4 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,140 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32250(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIB
 7/8 2,102 41.75% -794 Winner:
CONS
 2,896 57.52% Martin J. Robichaud
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,234 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32275(F) — 12 Feb 2022 00:47 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
46
LIB
 3/8 3,647 68.69% +1,930 Loser:
LIB
 1,717 32.34% Frederick T.B. Young

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,135 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32297(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 3/8 5,506 66.47% +2,680 Loser:
LIB
 2,826 34.11% Frederick T.B. Young

Service: 4 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 55,220 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
36		 New Brunswick
10 August 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32323(F) — 12 Feb 2022 09:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 4/8 7,724 55.95% +1,635 Loser:
CONS
 6,089 44.11% Joseph L. Ryan

Service: 4 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,300 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 New Brunswick
19 June 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32353(F) — 12 Feb 2022 10:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 4/8 8,268 58.74% +2,446 Loser:
CONS
 5,822 41.36% Wesley H. Coffyn
After his election:
15 May 1935 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 10 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 67,941 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32373(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 12,202 71.84% William A. Losier

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Seraphin R. Léger		 28 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
Séraphin Léger		 28 Aug 2023

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