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♂ Jérémie Blanchard
aliasJeremiah Blanchard
Record
5313 · 5492

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 2 6
Birth 27 September 1859 → 164 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 5 months
First mandate 13 December 1893 → 130 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 2 months
Death 17 March 1939 → 85 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 7 months after 5 August 1931
Special notes
None
 

Jérémie Blanchard (1859–1939)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ J. Elmer Blanchard (1927–1970) Grandson  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 12 6 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Aubin-Edmond Arsenault  m 
⊖ Bernard D. McLellan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John A. Matheson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,186 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26523(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:02 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
CONS
 3/4 1,005 48.02% -77 Winner:
LIB
 1,082 51.70% Bernard D. McLellan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,313 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26544(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
CONS
 1/2 1,044 55.53% +208 Loser:
LIB
 836 44.47% Bernard D. McLellan

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,323 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25422(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/2 610 46.11% -103 Winner:
CONS
 713 53.89% Aubin-Edmond Arsenault
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,131 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
30 August 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25443(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
LIB
 1/2 631 55.79% +131 Loser:
CONS
 500 44.21% Gilbert Gaudet

Service: 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,671 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25457(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 1,353 50.66% +35 Loser:
CONS
 1,318 49.34% Joseph T. Gallant

Service: 3 years 11 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,326 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25493(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 1,878 56.46% +430 Loser:
CONS
 1,448 43.54% Joseph T. Gallant

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,768 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25528(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 2,012 53.40% P. Aeneas Gallant

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Jeremiah Blanchard		 17 Apr 2024
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Blanchard, Jérémie "Jeremiah"		 17 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Jeremiah Blanchard		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jeremiah Blanchard		 17 Apr 2024

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