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♂ Paul Mercier
aliasPaul Mercier
Record
43000 · 7526

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 14 February 1888 → 136 years + 2 months ago
Lived 55 years + 5 months
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
Death 10 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 9 months after 14 October 1935
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 10 3

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Auguste Boyer  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,778 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 Québec
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21734(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 17,583 70.96% +10,388 Loser:
NLCP
 7,195 29.04% Wilfrid Lamarre

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,937 Votes: 14,668 Participation: 73.57% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Québec
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 22005(F) — 28 Jun 2023 07:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 11,829 80.64% +8,990 Loser:
LIPR
 2,839 19.36% Léopold Doyon
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 38
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,937 Votes: 12,147 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Québec
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22244(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 9,995 82.28% +7,843 Loser:
ILIB
 2,152 17.72% Joseph Mongeau

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,718 Votes: 17,437 Participation: 73.52% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Québec
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22518(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 11,520 66.07% +5,603 Loser:
LC
 5,917 33.93% Auguste Boyer

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,606 Votes: 29,317 Participation: 68.81% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Québec
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22790(F) — 25 Jan 2022 22:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 21,561 73.54% +16,690 Loser:
LC
 4,871 16.61% Damase Saint-Maurice
After his election:
14 Oct 1935 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,606 Votes: 28,871 Participation: 67.76% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Québec
17 January 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22847(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 16,594 57.48% Joseph-Arsène Bonnier

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Paul Mercier		 13 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Paul Mercier		 13 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Paul Mercier (Liberal MP)		 13 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Paul Mercier (homme politique, 1888-1943)		 13 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Sep 2023 07:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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