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♂ Wallis W. LeFeaux
aliasWallis W. LeFeaux
Record
35312 · 13673

☆   Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 9%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 4 4
British Columbia 1 6 7
Total 1 10 11
Birth 19 September 1881 → 142 years + 7 months ago
Lived 91 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 October 1941 → 82 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 1 month
Death 24 November 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 1 month after 24 October 1945
Special notes
None
 
Wallis W. LeFeaux (1881–1972)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
After eight failed attempts at both the federal and provincial levels, British Columbia leftist LeFeaux finally won one of the two Vancouver Centre seats in the legislative assembly for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in the 1941 general election, only to lose it in 1945. He also failed to get it back in 1949, and thus fits PoliCan's definition of one-hit wonder.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 4 0 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
19 documented challengers
⊖ James C. Bury  m 
⊖ Laura E.M. Jamieson  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Michael Manson  m 
⊖ Allan J. McDonell  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Albert D. (Burke) McPhillips  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Nigel Morgan  m 
⊖ Gordon M. Sloan  m 
⊖ James S. Taylor  m 
⊖ William D. Willson  m 
⊖ Rodney J. Young  m 
 		 ⊖ Lorne A. Campbell  m 
⊖ Ian A. Mackenzie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Eric C.F. Martin  m 
⊖ Gerald G. McGeer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander D. McRae  m 
⊖ Maurice Rush  m 
⊖ Henry H. Stevens  m 
⊖ Thomas Taylor  m 
⊖ Gordon S. Wismer  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 1,586 Votes: 803 Participation: 50.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28902(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:18 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
25
SP
 3/3 94 11.71% -346 Winner:
LC
 440 54.79% Thomas Taylor
Eligible: 2,081 Votes: 1,049 Participation: 50.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28960(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
SP
 2/2 355 33.84% -339 Winner:
LC
 694 66.16% Michael Manson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 702 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
26 February 1916
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28990(F) — 31 Jul 2023 16:41 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
SP
 3/3 49 6.98% -282 Winner:
LC
 331 47.15% Lorne A. Campbell
Eligible: 27,707 Votes: 19,512 Participation: 70.42% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 British Columbia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21815(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:46 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
LAB
 3/3 1,777 9.11% -7,681 Winner:
LC
 9,458 48.47% Henry H. Stevens
Eligible: 12,947 Votes: 10,854 Participation: 83.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
16		 British Columbia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22066(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
LAB
 3/4 1,363 12.56% -3,717 Winner:
LC
 5,080 46.80% Alexander D. McRae
Eligible: 25,316 Votes: 28,461 Participation: 56.21% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
27 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29425(F) — 16 Sep 2023 07:44 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
52
CFF
 3/15 5,352 37.61% -1,371 Winner:
LIB
 6,723 47.24% Gordon S. Wismer
Eligible: 32,428 Votes: 22,490 Participation: 69.35% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 British Columbia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22611(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
54
CCF
 2/5 7,522 33.45% -136 Winner:
LIB
 7,658 34.05% Ian A. Mackenzie
Eligible: 43,887 Votes: 30,903 Participation: 70.41% Candidacies: 5
Federal
19		 British Columbia
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22887(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
58
CCF
 3/5 8,427 27.27% -3,673 Winner:
LIB
 12,100 39.15% Ian A. Mackenzie
Eligible: 31,664 Votes: 42,098 Participation: 66.48% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29547(F) — 24 Jul 2023 20:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
CFF
 2/8 7,371 35.39% +506 Loser:
LIB
 6,865 32.96% Gordon S. Wismer

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,661 Votes: 42,360 Participation: 52.09% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29597(F) — 2 Jan 2024 20:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
CFF
 4/11 7,451 35.18% -3,427 Winner:
LIB
 10,878 51.36% Gordon S. Wismer
Eligible: 40,632 Votes: 49,236 Participation: 60.59% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
22		 British Columbia
15 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29638(F) — 24 Jul 2023 20:44 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
CFF
 4/7 8,539 34.69% -6,037 Winner:
PC
 14,576 59.21% Allan J. McDonell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Wallis Walter LeFeaux		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wallis Walter LeFeaux		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 21:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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