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♂ Laurier Arthur Régnier
aliasLaurier Régnier
Record
51940 · 9532

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 13%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 4 5
Manitoba 0 3 3
Total 1 7 8
Birth 31 August 1903 → 120 years + 7 months ago
Lived 86 years + 11 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age 54 years + 7 months
Death 8 August 1990 → 33 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 1 month after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Laurier Arthur Régnier (1903–1990)
© Photo — 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 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
32 documented challengers
⊖ Paul Bardal  m 
⊖ Arthur R. Boivin  m 
⊖ James Cowan  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Harrison Dysart  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m 
⊖ Madeline E. Hryniewiecki  f 
⊖ William A. Kardash  m 
⊖ Stanley H. Knowles  m 
⊖ Dollard E. Lafrenière  m 
⊖ John McDowell  m 
⊖ Richard R. Pattinson  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Lewis St. George Stubbs  m 
⊖ Gunnar S. Thorvaldson  m 
⊖ Fernand Viau  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Barry  m 
⊖ William S. Bryce  m 
⊖ J. Louis A. Deniset  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m 
⊖ Edwin A. Hansford  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m 
⊖ Huntly D.B. Ketchen  m 
⊖ Stephen N. Krawchyk  m 
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ John Queen  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m 
⊖ Roger-Joseph Teillet  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William V. Tobias  m 
⊖ Frederick E. Warriner  m 
 
Eligible: 3,137 Votes: 2,599 Participation: 82.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37355(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:02 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
28
LIBP
 3/3 304 11.70% -1,184 Winner:
LIBP
 1,488 57.25% Arthur R. Boivin
Eligible: 137,437 Votes: 59,715 Participation: 43.45% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37477(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
37
ACLP
 19/27 701 1.19% -2,385 Winner:
CCF
 3,086 5.26% Morris A. Gray
Eligible: 24,052 Votes: 13,564 Participation: 56.39% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37520(F) — 17 Sep 2022 15:45 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
42
ILIP
 3/5 1,710 12.80% -4,639 Winner:
CCF
 6,349 47.54% Edwin A. Hansford
Eligible: 30,248 Votes: 21,754 Participation: 71.92% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23424(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 7,593 35.20% -226 Winner:
CCF
 7,819 36.25% William S. Bryce
Eligible: 33,235 Votes: 25,215 Participation: 75.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24002(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
53
PC
 3/5 6,040 24.18% -1,737 Winner:
LIB
 7,777 31.13% J. Louis A. Deniset
Eligible: 33,235 Votes: 28,828 Participation: 86.74% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24268(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
PC
 1/4 12,688 44.01% +3,188 Loser:
LIB
 9,500 32.95% J. Louis A. Deniset

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,848 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24545(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
PC
 2/4 9,483 29.78% -2,601 Winner:
LIB
 12,084 37.94% Roger-Joseph Teillet
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24809(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
59
PC
 2/4 9,716 29.17% -3,831 Winner:
LIB
 13,547 40.67% Roger-Joseph Teillet

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Laurier Arthur Regnier (1903-1990)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Laurier Arthur Régnier, M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Laurier Arthur Régnier, député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Laurier Régnier		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 05:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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