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♂ Gilbert Layton
aliasGilbert Layton
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Québec 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 5 November 1899 → 124 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years + 6 months
First mandate 17 August 1936 → 87 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 9 months
Death 29 May 1961 → 62 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 7 months after 24 October 1939
Special notes
None
 

Gilbert Layton
No photo available
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ John G. (Jack) Layton (1950–2011) Grandson  
⊖ Robert E.J. Layton (1925–2002) Son  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 3 2 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Charles E. Gault  m 
⊖ Frederick P. Whitman  m 
 		 ⊖ George Gordon Hyde  m 
 
Eligible: 5,210 Votes: 2,529 Participation: 48.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16333(F) — 21 Jul 2023 23:21 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
36
UN
 1/3 1,399 55.54% +500 Loser:
ICON
 899 35.69% Charles E. Gault
After his election:
5 Oct 1939 39
UN
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 3 years 2 months 7 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,943 Votes: 7,110 Participation: 64.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16460(F) — 18 Feb 2022 22:42 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
IND
 2/3 1,250 17.70% -4,135 Winner:
QLP
 5,385 76.25% George Gordon Hyde
Eligible: 58,858 Votes: 44,748 Participation: 76.03% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23310(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
IPC
 4/5 1,270 2.84% -19,655 Winner:
LIB
 20,925 46.76% Frederick P. Whitman

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Gilbert Layton		 08 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gilbert Layton		 08 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gilbert Layton		 08 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jan 2024 06:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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