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♂ Adrien Arcand
aliasAdrien Arcand
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Birth 3 October 1899 → 124 years + 6 months ago
Lived 67 years + 9 months
First run 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 8 months
Death 1 August 1967 → 56 years + 8 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Adrien Arcand (1899–1967)
© Photo 1933 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Arcand, who proclaimed himself the Canadian Führer, ran federally twice (in 1949 and 1953), coming second in a field of four candidates each time.
 

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 18–19
NUPC
 1 Party leader 38–40 01 Jun 1938 — 30 May 1940 1 11 29
2. CA 20–21
NUPC
 2 Party leader 47–53 01 Jan 1947 — 31 Dec 1952 5 11 30
3. CA 21–27
NAT
 3 Party leader 53–67 01 Jan 1953 — 01 Aug 1967 14 7 0

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gérard Cournoyer  m 
⊖ Joseph Langlois  m 
 		 ⊖ Aimé Langlois  m 
 
Eligible: 24,060 Votes: 19,365 Participation: 80.49% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23581(F) — 5 Sep 2022 20:09 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
49
NUPC
 2/4 5,590 29.06% -7,205 Winner:
LIB
 12,795 66.53% Gérard Cournoyer
Eligible: 24,436 Votes: 19,062 Participation: 78.01% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23844(F) — 5 Sep 2022 20:14 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
53
NAT
 2/4 7,496 39.75% -3,213 Winner:
LIB
 10,709 56.78% Joseph Langlois

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
FR Non-standard link
Ici Radio-Canada Première, Aujourd'hui l'histoire: Adrien Arcand, le disciple d'Hitler		 03 Feb 2024
EN Non-standard link
Museum of Jewish Montreal, Adrien Arcand - Residence		 03 Feb 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Adrien Arcand		 03 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Adrien Arcand		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Adrien Arcand		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Adrien Arcand		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 11:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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