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♂ Louis S. St-Laurent
aliasLouis S. St-Laurent
Record
58422 · 7570

Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 1 February 1882 → 142 years + 2 months ago
Lived 91 years + 5 months
First mandate 9 February 1942 → 82 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 60 years
Death 25 July 1973 → 50 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 3 months after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
Louis S. St-Laurent (1882–1973)
© Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Henri-René Renault (1891–1952) Brother-in-law  
⊖ Jean-Paul S. St-Laurent (1912–1986) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 16 1 14

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 19–20
LIB
 1 Minister 59–64 10 Dec 1941 — 09 Dec 1946 4 11 29
2. CA 20
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 64–66 04 Sep 1946 — 09 Sep 1948 2 0 5
3. CA 20
LIB
 2 ✓ Minister 66 01 Jul 1948 — 09 Sep 1948 0 2 8
4. CA 20–23
LIB
 1 Party leader 66–75 07 Aug 1948 — 15 Jan 1958 9 5 8
5. CA 20
LIB
 3 Minister 66 10 Sep 1948 — 14 Nov 1948 0 2 4
6. CA 20–22
LIB
 1 Prime Minister 66–75 15 Nov 1948 — 20 Jun 1957 8 7 5
7. CA 23
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 75 21 Jun 1957 — 15 Jan 1958 0 6 25
 1. Justice and Attorney General
 2. External Affairs
 3. Justice and Attorney General [Int]
 5. Justice and Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Noël Dorion  m 
 		 ⊖ Mark Robert Drouin  m 
 
Eligible: 38,222 Votes: 29,476 Participation: 77.12% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
9 February 1942
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23111(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 16,708 56.68% +3,940 Loser:
CANP
 12,768 43.32% Paul Bouchard

Service: 3 years 4 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,902 Votes: 30,061 Participation: 71.74% Candidacies: 7
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23317(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/7 17,965 59.76% +10,768 Loser:
IND
 7,197 23.94% Noël Dorion

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,311 Votes: 35,389 Participation: 78.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23578(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
67
LIB
 1/3 25,832 73.59% +17,956 Loser:
PC
 7,876 22.44% Mark Robert Drouin

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,504 Votes: 33,296 Participation: 70.09% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23886(F) — 10 Sep 2022 21:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
71
LIB
 1/5 25,945 78.68% +20,104 Loser:
PC
 5,841 17.71% Raymond Maher

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,012 Votes: 38,440 Participation: 75.35% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24172(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
75
LIB
 1/3 27,364 72.00% +17,464 Loser:
PC
 9,900 26.05% Louis Gagnon

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 51,012 Votes: 45,038 Participation: 88.29% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24438(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
PC
 22,285 49.48% Yvon-Roma Tassé

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
St-Laurent, Louis-Stephen		 25 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
St-Laurent, Louis-Stephen		 25 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent, P.C., Q.C., C.C., M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent, C.P., c.r., C.C., député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louis St. Laurent		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Louis St-Laurent		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 09:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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