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♂ Prosper-Edmond Lessard
aliasProsper-Edmond Lessard
Record
35923 · 8005

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 1 4
Birth 3 February 1873 → 151 years + 3 months ago
Lived 58 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 March 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 36 years + 1 month
Death 11 April 1931 → 93 years ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 8 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 
Prosper-Edmond Lessard (1873–1931) 200x230
© Photo c.1910 — 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
Alberta 12 3 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James C. Brady  m 
 		 ⊖ J.P. Laudas Joly  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27452(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 942 Votes: 795 Participation: 84.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27524(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 441 55.75% +91 Loser:
CONS
 350 44.25% L. Garneau

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,946 Votes: 1,627 Participation: 83.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27575(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 1,077 66.65% +538 Loser:
CONS
 539 33.35% James C. Brady

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,362 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27639(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 984 41.66% -394 Winner:
UFA
 1,378 58.34% J.P. Laudas Joly

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Lessard, Prosper-Edmond		 09 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Lessard, Prosper-Edmond		 09 Jan 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Prosper E. 'Pete' Lessard		 09 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Prosper-Edmond Lessard, Senator		 09 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Prosper-Edmond Lessard, sénateur		 09 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Prosper-Edmond Lessard		 09 Jan 2024

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