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♂ Gaston J.C. Demers
aliasGaston J.C. Demers
Record
15226 · 11521

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 23 November 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
Lived 68 years + 2 months
First mandate 25 September 1963 → 60 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 10 months
Death 7 February 2004 → 20 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 3 months after 20 October 1971
Special notes
None
 
Gaston J.C. Demers (1935–2004)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — 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
Ontario 8 0 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Floyd Laughren  m 
 
 
Eligible: 37,405 Votes: 25,240 Participation: 67.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35461(F) — 24 Dec 2022 15:50 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
PC
 1/4 9,155 36.49% +956 Loser:
LIB
 8,199 32.68% Leopold Jones

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,384 Votes: 13,112 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14018(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
PC
 1/3 6,210 47.63% +1,234 Loser:
NDP
 4,976 38.17% Donald Scott

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,136 Votes: 18,355 Participation: 79.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14132(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
PC
 2/3 7,039 38.60% -1,964 Winner:
NDP
 9,003 49.37% Floyd Laughren

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Gaston Joseph Clément Demers		 21 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Gaston Joseph Clément Demers		 21 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gaston Demers		 21 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Feb 2024 12:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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