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♂ Omer A. Demers
aliasOmer A. Demers
Record
15249 · 9361

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Birth 2 March 1893 → 131 years + 2 months ago
Lived 75 years + 11 months
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 3 months
Death 8 February 1969 → 55 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 7 months after 14 June 1944
Special notes
None
 

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
Saskatchewan 9 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter G. Makaroff  m 
 		 ⊖ Albert V. Sterling  m 
 
Eligible: 11,022 Votes: 9,779 Participation: 88.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31554(F) — 24 Sep 2022 20:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 5,238 53.56% +2,906 Loser:
FLG
 2,332 23.85% Peter G. Makaroff

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,082 Votes: 6,836 Participation: 84.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31608(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 2,933 42.91% +373 Loser:
SC
 2,560 37.45% Virden Gable

Service: 6 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,016 Votes: 5,487 Participation: 78.21% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31662(F) — 10 Mar 2022 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/2 2,177 39.68% -1,133 Winner:
CCF
 3,310 60.32% Albert V. Sterling

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Demers, Omer Alphonse 1893 – 1969 (p. 8)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Omer Alphonse Demers		 16 Sep 2023

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