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♂ Joseph Demers
aliasJoseph Demers
Record
15235 · 7397

Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 31 May 1871 → 152 years + 11 months ago
Lived 69 years + 1 month
First mandate 16 October 1906 → 117 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 4 months
Death 28 July 1940 → 83 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 days after 21 July 1922
Special notes
None
 

Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Alexis-Louis Demers (1825–1886) Father  
⊖ Louis-Philippe Demers (1863–1951) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 15 9 0

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 5,255 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
10		 Québec
16 October 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20761(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,678 Votes: 2,546 Participation: 44.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Québec
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20980(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 2,415 94.85% +2,284 Loser:
CONS
 131 5.15% Pascal-Horace Lindsay

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,367 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21208(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 2,638 78.35% +1,909 Loser:
CONS
 729 21.65% Joseph-Edmond Lareau

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,634 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Québec
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21466(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LL
 1/2 4,271 92.17% +3,908 Loser:
UNIO
 363 7.83% Pierre-Julien Doré

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,078 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 Québec
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21723(F) — 24 Jan 2022 08:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 6,618 93.50% +6,158 Loser:
NLCP
 460 6.50% Victor Mailloux
After his election:
21 Jul 1922 51
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 7 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,707 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 Québec
31 August 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21773(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIB
 5,629 64.65% Aldéric-Joseph Benoit

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Demers		 16 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Demers		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Demers (Quebec MP)		 16 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Demers		 16 Sep 2023

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