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♂ J. Augustin Gallant
aliasJ. Augustin Gallant
Record
21838 · 5598

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 1 3
Birth 4 August 1916 → 107 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years + 9 months
First mandate 29 November 1954 → 69 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 3 months
Death 5 May 1994 → 29 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 8 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 

J. Augustin Gallant (1916–1994)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph Alphonsus Bernard (1881–1962) Father-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 4 9 0 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 48
LIB
 1 Speaker 38–42 25 May 1955 — 14 Jan 1959 3 7 20

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ J. Wilfred (Willie) Arsenault  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25702(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:20 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
PC
 2/2 1,034 47.91% -90 Winner:
LIB
 1,124 52.09% J. Wilfred (Willie) Arsenault
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,008 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
29 November 1954
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25719(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,061 52.84% +114 Loser:
PC
 947 47.16% Cyrus P. Gallant

Service: 5 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,177 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25734(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,160 53.28% +143 Loser:
PC
 1,017 46.72% Cyrus P. Gallant

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,243 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25765(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
PC
 1,255 55.95% Henry W. Wedge

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Gallant, J. Augustin		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
J. Augustin Gallant		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Augustin Gallant		 27 Dec 2023

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