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♂ Omer Léger
aliasOmer Léger
Record
35481 · 2579

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 38%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
New Brunswick 3 2 5
Total 3 5 8
Birth 31 March 1931 → 93 years ago
Lived 92 years + 2 months
First mandate 1 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 23 June 2023 → 10 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 8 months after 12 October 1987
Special notes
None
 
Omer Léger (1931–2023)
© Photo 2023 Passage Funeral Cooperative — 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
New Brunswick 12 0 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Bertin LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Fernand Robichaud  m 
 		 ⊕ Dominic A. LeBlanc  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Camille H. Thériault  m 
 
Eligible: 12,559 Votes: 11,292 Participation: 89.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 New Brunswick
1 October 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32568(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 1/2 6,682 59.17% +2,072 Loser:
LIB
 4,610 40.83% Omer Cormier

Service: 3 years 1 month 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,402 Votes: 6,699 Participation: 90.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 New Brunswick
18 November 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8505(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 3,376 51.07% +275 Loser:
LIB
 3,101 46.91% Blanche Bourgeois

Service: 3 years 11 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,840 Votes: 7,766 Participation: 87.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8446(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 2/3 3,279 42.62% -997 Winner:
LIB
 4,276 55.58% Bertin LeBlanc
Eligible: 9,500 Votes: 8,845 Participation: 93.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1765(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
PC
 1/3 4,829 54.89% +1,097 Loser:
LIB
 3,732 42.42% Bertin LeBlanc

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,319 Votes: 9,376 Participation: 90.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1707(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PC
 2/3 3,242 34.82% -2,304 Winner:
LIB
 5,546 59.57% Camille H. Thériault
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,644 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 New Brunswick
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3520(F) — 30 Jan 2022 16:09 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
57
PC
 2/4 10,525 27.24% -12,125 Winner:
LIB
 22,650 58.61% Fernand Robichaud
Eligible: 62,291 Votes: 46,856 Participation: 75.22% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 New Brunswick
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 667(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
74
CPC
 2/5 14,919 32.23% -7,093 Winner:
LIB
 22,012 47.55% Dominic A. LeBlanc
Eligible: 62,790 Votes: 43,480 Participation: 69.25% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 New Brunswick
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5767(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
77
CPC
 2/4 12,506 29.16% -7,553 Winner:
LIB
 20,059 46.76% Dominic A. LeBlanc

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
FR Wikipédia
Omer Léger		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Omer Léger		 25 Feb 2024

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