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♂ Laurent L. Desjardins
aliasLaurent L. Desjardins
Record
15618 · 3777

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 8 1 9
Birth 15 March 1923 → 101 years + 1 month ago
Lived 88 years + 10 months
First mandate 14 May 1959 → 64 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 1 month
Death 7 February 2012 → 12 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 11 months after 10 February 1988
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 27 2 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Maurice J. Arpin  m 
⊖ J. Paul Marion  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Kamil M. Gajdosik  m 
⊖ Guy Marcel Savoie  m 
 
Eligible: 11,338 Votes: 8,111 Participation: 71.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37734(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIBP
 1/3 3,772 46.72% +780 Loser:
PC
 2,992 37.06% Harry De Leeuw

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,930 Votes: 6,808 Participation: 62.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37796(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 4,175 61.63% +2,238 Loser:
PC
 1,937 28.59% Brunelle Léveillé

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,956 Votes: 6,852 Participation: 62.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13862(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 4,040 59.21% +2,290 Loser:
PC
 1,750 25.65% Rémi Lafrenière

Service: 3 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,628 Votes: 6,256 Participation: 58.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13919(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 3,365 54.07% +1,325 Loser:
NDP
 2,040 32.78% Kamil M. Gajdosik
After his election:
8 Jul 1969 46
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance ()
1 Dec 1971 48
IND
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,294 Votes: 8,676 Participation: 76.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9217(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
NDP
 2/2 4,300 49.99% -1 Winner:
LIB
 4,301 50.01% J. Paul Marion
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,181 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
20 December 1974
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 10967(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
NDP
 1/3 3,711 51.68% +619 Loser:
LIB
 3,092 43.06% J. Paul Marion

Service: 2 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,024 Votes: 7,847 Participation: 71.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9278(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
NDP
 1/3 4,266 54.71% +2,433 Loser:
PC
 1,833 23.51% Peter Poitras

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,081 Votes: 9,261 Participation: 76.66% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9335(F) — 29 Jun 2023 22:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
NDP
 1/4 5,844 63.38% +3,919 Loser:
LIB
 1,925 20.88% Guy Marcel Savoie

Service: 4 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,788 Votes: 8,220 Participation: 69.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9393(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
NDP
 1/4 4,978 60.77% +3,027 Loser:
LIB
 1,951 23.82% Georges Bohemier
After his election:
10 Feb 1988 64
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,846 Votes: 9,450 Participation: 79.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9450(F) — 29 Jun 2023 22:42 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 5,743 61.16% Neil Gaudry

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Desjardins, Laurent Louis		 05 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Desjardins, Laurent Louis		 05 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Laurent Louis "Larry" Desjardins (1923-2012)		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Laurent Desjardins		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 15:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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