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♂ Wilfrid Gariépy
aliasWilfrid Gariépy
Record
22046 · 7596

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 56%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Alberta 3 1 4
Total 5 4 9
Birth 14 March 1877 → 147 years + 1 month ago
Lived 82 years + 9 months
First mandate 17 April 1913 → 111 years + 17 days ago
↳ at age 36 years + 1 month
Death 13 January 1960 → 64 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 6 months after 26 June 1949
Special notes
None
 
Wilfrid Gariépy (1877–1960) 200x269
© Photo 1907 City of Edmonton Archives — Public domain
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 8 5 25
Alberta 8 2 12 Z
TOTAL 16 8 7

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Léon Balcer  m 
⊖ Charles Bourgeois  m 
⊖ Léon Méthot  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Omer St. Germain  m 
 		 ⊖ Lucien Boudreau  m 
⊖ H.-Georges Grenier  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Ryan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,036 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27434(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:23 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 2/3 393 37.93% -135 Winner:
LIB
 528 50.97% Lucien Boudreau
Eligible: 1,026 Votes: 741 Participation: 72.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27473(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 457 61.67% +173 Loser:
CONS
 284 38.33% Ambrose Gray
After his election:
28 Nov 1913 36
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 7 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Alberta
15 December 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27529(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,689 Votes: 1,770 Participation: 65.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27535(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 1,134 64.07% +498 Loser:
CONS
 636 35.93% Ambrose Gray

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,510 Votes: 2,503 Participation: 71.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27598(F) — 27 Apr 2022 14:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
LIB
 1,560 62.33% Joseph Miville Déchêne
Eligible: 32,978 Votes: 27,040 Participation: 81.99% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Québec
10 August 1931
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22573(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 2/2 13,501 49.93% -38 Winner:
LC
 13,539 50.07% Charles Bourgeois
Eligible: 25,547 Votes: 20,324 Participation: 79.56% Candidacies: 6
Federal
18		 Québec
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22802(F) — 16 Feb 2022 19:43 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
LIB
 1/6 6,114 30.08% +366 Loser:
LC
 5,748 28.28% Léon Méthot

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,787 Votes: 18,594 Participation: 64.59% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23078(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
ILIB
 2/2 8,734 46.97% -1,126 Winner:
LIB
 9,860 53.03% Robert Ryan
Eligible: 28,849 Votes: 20,651 Participation: 71.58% Candidacies: 7
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23338(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
68
IND
 1/7 6,610 32.01% +663 Loser:
ILIB
 5,947 28.80% Jean-Louis Marchand

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,633 Votes: 25,883 Participation: 81.82% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23599(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
72
LIB
 2/5 9,964 38.77% -51 Winner:
PC
 10,015 38.96% Léon Balcer

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Wilfrid Gariepy, KC		 04 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfrid Gariépy, Q.C.		 04 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfrid Gariépy, c.r.		 04 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Wilfrid Gariépy		 04 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wilfrid Gariépy		 04 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Dec 2023 09:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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