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♂ Leonard Stephen Marchand
aliasLeonard Stephen Marchand
Record
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☆   Syilx (Okanagan)   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 16 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
Lived 82 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 7 months
Death 3 June 2016 → 7 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 13 days after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Leonard Stephen Marchand (1933–2016)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Marchand was the first person of First Nations status to serve in the federal cabinet (1976–1979).
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate British Columbia (1984–1998)
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 10 23

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 43–45 15 Sep 1977 — 01 Apr 1979 1 6 17
2. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 45 02 Apr 1979 — 03 Jun 1979 0 2 1
 1. Minister of State [Environment]
 2. Environment

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Donald N. Cameron  m 
 		 ⊖ E. Davie Fulton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,112 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9898(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 1/4 13,000 40.48% +3,296 Loser:
PC
 9,704 30.22% E. Davie Fulton

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 60,532 Votes: 41,791 Participation: 69.04% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10155(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/4 14,707 35.19% +714 Loser:
PC
 13,993 33.48% Roy Hewson

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 60,532 Votes: 49,062 Participation: 81.05% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10419(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 20,474 41.73% +3,146 Loser:
PC
 17,328 35.32% Donald W. Couch

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,118 Votes: 44,282 Participation: 69.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4348(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 12,720 28.72% -6,649 Winner:
PC
 19,369 43.74% Donald N. Cameron

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Len Marchand, P.C., C.M., M.P.		 11 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Len Marchand, C.P., C.M., député		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Leonard Marchand		 11 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Mar 2024 20:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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