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♂ Benoit Comeau
aliasBenoit Comeau
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 23 July 1916 → 107 years + 9 months ago
Lived 79 years + 4 months
First mandate 30 May 1967 → 56 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 9 December 1995 → 28 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 2 months after 5 October 1981
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Joseph William (Willie) Comeau (1876–1966) Father  
⊕ Robert G. Thibault (1959–) Nephew  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 14 4 3 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 52
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 63 19 Feb 1980 — 07 Jun 1980 0 3 19
2. NS 52
LIB
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 63 19 Feb 1980 — 07 Jun 1980 0 3 19

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Desire J. Comeau  m 
⊖ Hector J. Pothier  m 
 		 ⊖ Gerald J. Comeau  m 
 
Eligible: 5,093 Votes: 4,229 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18262(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 2/2 2,078 49.55% -38 Winner:
PC
 2,116 50.45% Desire J. Comeau
Eligible: 4,924 Votes: 4,259 Participation: 86.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14243(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 2,384 56.43% +543 Loser:
PC
 1,841 43.57% Hector J. Pothier

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,381 Votes: 4,612 Participation: 85.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8599(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 2,712 59.67% +879 Loser:
PC
 1,833 40.33% Paul J. Comeau

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,746 Votes: 4,889 Participation: 85.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8553(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 2,959 61.07% +1,741 Loser:
PC
 1,218 25.14% Vincent L. Doucet

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,201 Votes: 5,298 Participation: 85.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4799(F) — 1 Feb 2023 06:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/3 2,963 56.47% +1,067 Loser:
PC
 1,896 36.13% Gerald J. Comeau

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,675 Votes: 5,769 Participation: 86.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1588(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 2,228 38.96% Chester J. Melanson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Comeau, Benoit (p. 39)		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Benoit Comeau		 19 Feb 2024

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