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♂ Joseph Octave Lemay
aliasJoseph Octave Lemay
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 18 March 1829 → 195 years + 1 month ago
Lived 63 years + 8 months
First mandate 27 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 9 months
Death 12 December 1892 → 131 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 11 months after 17 December 1878
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Octave Lemay (1829–1892)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Lemay, an independent Manitoba MLA from 1870 to 1878, was such a heavy man that he needed two seats to sit down in the legislature.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 7 11 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Pierre Delorme  m 
⊖ Gilbert McMicken  m 
 		 ⊖ Médéric Foucher  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
27 December 1870
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28266(F) — 6 Feb 2023 13:08 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
IND
 1/2 35 79.55% +26 Loser:
IND
 9 20.45% Joseph Genton
After his election:
28 Dec 1870 41
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 166 Votes: 119 Participation: 71.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28294(F) — 7 Oct 2023 17:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
IND
 1/2 72 60.50% +25 Loser:
IND
 47 39.50% Médéric Foucher
After his election:
31 Dec 1874 45
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 164 Votes: 140 Participation: 85.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28322(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
IND
 83 59.29% Maxime Goulet
Eligible: inc. Votes: 227 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28349(F) — 5 Feb 2023 19:19 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
IND
 2/3 67 29.52% -41 Winner:
LICO
 108 47.58% Gilbert McMicken

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Joseph Octave Lemay (1829-1892)		 01 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Lemay		 01 Feb 2024

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Rev.:  1 Feb 2024 21:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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