Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Henry G. Leader

♂ Henry George Leader
aliasHenry George Leader
Record
34839 · 5849

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 10 March 1880 → 144 years + 1 month ago
Lived 66 years + 1 month
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 8 months
Death 9 May 1946 → 77 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Henry George Leader (1880-1946)
© Photo 1940 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve RM Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1912–1914)
Mun./Co. Council Burnside, Manitoba (1906–1912)
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 14 5 14

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Burns  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur Meighen  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,590 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Manitoba
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21556(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
PROG
 1/3 4,314 50.22% +177 Loser:
NLCP
 4,137 48.16% Arthur Meighen

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,505 Votes: 10,783 Participation: 69.55% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Manitoba
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21827(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:05 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
PROG
 2/2 4,966 46.05% -851 Winner:
LC
 5,817 53.95% Arthur Meighen
Eligible: 13,946 Votes: 10,934 Participation: 78.40% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Manitoba
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22624(F) — 2 Apr 2024 21:02 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 5,516 50.45% +1,473 Loser:
LC
 4,043 36.98% William H. Burns

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,749 Votes: 12,277 Participation: 77.95% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Manitoba
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22901(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 7,442 60.62% +2,607 Loser:
NATG
 4,835 39.38% George H. Jones

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,633 Votes: 12,212 Participation: 78.12% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Manitoba
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23161(F) — 27 Jan 2022 10:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/4 5,457 44.69% +1,865 Loser:
PC
 3,592 29.41% Allen McCallister
After his election:
9 May 1946 66
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,633 Votes: 11,763 Participation: 75.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Manitoba
21 October 1946
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23366(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 4,805 40.85% Calvert C. Miller

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Henry George "Harry" Leader (1880-1946)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Harry Leader, M.P.		 01 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Harry Leader, député		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harry Leader		 01 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 23:20 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.