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♂ Louis-Mathias Auger
aliasLouis-Mathias Auger
Record
1939 · 12072

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Québec 0 1 1
Ontario 0 2 2
Total 1 4 5
Birth 3 April 1902 → 122 years ago
Lived 63 years + 11 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 24 years + 5 months
Death 6 March 1966 → 58 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 11 months after 21 March 1929
Special notes
None
 
Louis-Mathias Auger (1902–1966)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A one-term Liberal, Auger was forced to resign his Ontario seat of Prescott on March 21, 1929, after being accused of raping a young woman from his constituency who had come to see him in the House of Commons about possible employment in the public service. After five trials and two appeals over sixteen months, he was acquitted of rape but found guilty of seduction, leading to a two-year sentence in Kingston Penitentiary, the maximum penalty for that crime. After prison, he tried four times to get re-elected as an Independent Liberal — thrice provincially and once federally — but by then his reputation was ruined.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 6 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Aurélien Bélanger  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Émile Boucher  m 
 		 ⊖ Élie-Oscar Bertrand  m 
⊖ Gustave Évanturel  m 
 
Eligible: 12,375 Votes: 10,119 Participation: 81.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22164(F) — 24 Jan 2022 21:54 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
24
LIB
 1/4 3,846 38.01% +712 Loser:
LIB
 3,134 30.97% Gustave Évanturel
After his election:
21 Mar 1929 26
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 2 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,375 Votes: 8,714 Participation: 70.42% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
29 July 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22310(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
27		 Successor:
LIB
 5,152 59.12% Élie-Oscar Bertrand
Eligible: 16,910 Votes: 12,987 Participation: 76.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34691(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:54 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
32
ILIB
 2/3 4,776 37.03% -228 Winner:
LIB
 5,004 38.79% Aurélien Bélanger
Eligible: 13,665 Votes: 11,268 Participation: 82.46% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22710(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
33
ILIB
 2/3 3,620 32.13% -2,414 Winner:
LIB
 6,034 53.55% Élie-Oscar Bertrand
Eligible: 16,807 Votes: 11,854 Participation: 70.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34786(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
35
ILIB
 2/3 4,569 38.75% -1,788 Winner:
LIB
 6,357 53.91% Aurélien Bélanger
Eligible: 14,631 Votes: 9,909 Participation: 67.73% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16424(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
37
ILIB
 4/5 229 2.35% -6,032 Winner:
QLP
 6,261 64.28% Émile Boucher

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Mathias Auger, M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Mathias Auger, député		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louis-Mathias Auger		 03 Feb 2024

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