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♂ Joseph Arthur Roméo Desfossés
aliasRoméo Desfossés
Record
15562 · 8297

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 3 November 1897 → 126 years + 6 months ago
Lived 82 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 June 1951 → 72 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 7 months
Death 1 April 1980 → 44 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 9 months after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 

Joseph Arthur Roméo Desfossés (1897–1980)
No image available
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 7 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 7,881 Votes: 5,152 Participation: 65.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Alberta
21 June 1951
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27999(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 2,275 44.16% +78 Loser:
SC
 2,197 42.64% Douglas S. McLaughlin

Service: 1 year 1 month 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,974 Votes: 5,878 Participation: 65.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28018(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 2,358 42.54% +124 Loser:
SC
 2,234 40.30% Joseph L. St. Arnaud

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,271 Votes: 6,255 Participation: 67.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28070(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 2,855 49.70% +536 Loser:
SC
 2,319 40.37% Fred Bullen

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,020 Votes: 6,537 Participation: 72.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28123(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
SC
 3,727 57.23% Roy B. Ells

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
J.A. Roméo Desfossés		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Desfosses		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 20:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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