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♂ Louis R. Desmarais
aliasLouis R. Desmarais
Record
15672 · 915

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 16 February 1923 → 101 years + 2 months ago
Lived 94 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 3 months
Death 25 March 2017 → 7 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 6 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Louis R. Desmarais (1923–2017)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 5 3 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Richard B. Holden  m 
 		 ⊕ Gerald (Gerry) Weiner  m 
 
Eligible: 69,287 Votes: 56,464 Participation: 81.49% Candidacies: 9
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4527(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/9 43,294 76.68% +37,086 Loser:
PC
 6,208 10.99% Richard B. Holden

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,287 Votes: 49,992 Participation: 72.15% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4245(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/6 37,860 76.45% +32,093 Loser:
NDP
 5,767 11.65% Pierre Bourgeois

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,677 Votes: 57,357 Participation: 78.92% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3996(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/7 21,451 37.73% -4,625 Winner:
PC
 26,076 45.86% Gerald (Gerry) Weiner

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis R. Desmarais		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis R. Desmarais		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louis Desmarais		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Louis R. Desmarais		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 08:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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