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♂ Albert Sévigny
aliasAlbert Sévigny
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 31 December 1881 → 142 years + 4 months ago
Lived 79 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 September 1911 → 112 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 8 months
Death 14 May 1961 → 62 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 4 months after 16 December 1917
Special notes
None
 
Albert Sévigny (1881–1961)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph Pierre A. Sévigny (1917–2004) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 2 6

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 12
CONS
 1 Speaker 33–35 03 Dec 1915 — 16 Dec 1917 2 0 13
2. CA 12–13
CONS
 1 Minister 35–36 08 Jan 1917 — 01 Apr 1918 1 2 24
3. CA 12
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 35 13 Jun 1917 — 24 Aug 1917 0 2 11
4. CA 12
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 35 13 Jun 1917 — 24 Aug 1917 0 2 11
 2. Inland Revenue
 3. Mines [Int]
 4. Secretary of State of Canada [Int]

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Lucien Cannon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest Roy  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Alfred Leduc  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,670 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21172(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:55 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
CONS
 1/2 2,506 53.66% +342 Loser:
LIB
 2,164 46.34% Ernest Roy
After his election:
8 Jan 1917 35
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 5 years 3 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,164 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
27 January 1917
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 UNIO  10 Oct 1917
ID: 21272(F) — 1 Jul 2023 18:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 2,719 52.65% +274 Loser:
LIB
 2,445 47.35% Lucien Cannon
After his election:
10 Oct 1917 35
CONS
 →
UNIO
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 10 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,725 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Québec
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21430(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
UNIO
 2/2 497 10.52% -3,731 Winner:
LL
 4,228 89.48% Lucien Cannon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Québec
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21471(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
UNIO
 2/2 6,975 46.62% -1,012 Winner:
LL
 7,987 53.38% Joseph Alfred Leduc

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Albert Sévigny, MP, P.C.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Albert Sévigny, député, C.P.		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Albert Sévigny		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Albert Sévigny		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 13:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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