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♂ Peter Bercovitch
aliasPeter Bercovitch
Record
4226 · 7472

Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Québec 7 0 7
Total 9 0 9
Birth 17 September 1879 → 144 years + 8 months ago
Lived 63 years + 3 months
First mandate 22 May 1916 → 108 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 36 years + 8 months
Death 27 December 1942 → 81 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Peter Bercovitch (1879–1942)
© Photo 1940 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 1 18
Québec 22 4 6 Z
TOTAL 26 5 25

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Louis Fitch  m 
 		 ⊖ Fred Rose  m 
 
Eligible: 6,327 Votes: 3,380 Participation: 53.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Québec
22 May 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15779(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
QLP
 1/2 2,098 64.38% +937 Loser:
QLP
 1,161 35.62% Albert-Pierre Pigeon

Service: 3 years 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,163 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
15		 Québec
23 June 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15860(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,161 Votes: 2,979 Participation: 57.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Québec
5 February 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16015(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
QLP
 1/3 2,201 76.11% +1,579 Loser:
ILIB
 622 21.51% Joseph-Alfred Goyer

Service: 4 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,613 Votes: 3,343 Participation: 59.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Québec
16 May 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16068(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
QLP
 1/2 1,858 57.63% +492 Loser:
CONS
 1,366 42.37% Louis Fitch

Service: 4 years 3 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,802 Votes: 3,602 Participation: 62.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16192(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
QLP
 1/3 2,789 78.21% +2,077 Loser:
CONS
 712 19.97% Louis-Henri Archambault

Service: 4 years 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,712 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16267(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,611 Votes: 3,534 Participation: 53.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16357(F) — 18 Feb 2022 21:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
QLP
 1/4 2,024 58.84% +1,251 Loser:
UN
 773 22.47% Louis-Gédéon Gravel
After his election:
4 Oct 1938 59
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 1 month 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,611 Votes: 3,047 Participation: 46.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
2 November 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 26402(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
UN
 1,559 51.17% Louis Fitch
Eligible: 41,375 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
18		 Québec
7 November 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22851(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 4 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,655 Votes: 20,545 Participation: 50.53% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23024(F) — 26 Jan 2022 21:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 18,191 88.54% +15,837 Loser:
NLAB
 2,354 11.46% Arthur Ainey
After his election:
27 Dec 1942 63
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,655 Votes: 19,030 Participation: 46.81% Candidacies: 5
Federal
19		 Québec
9 August 1943
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23117(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
63		 Successor:
LPP
 5,789 30.42% Fred Rose

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
FR Non-standard link
Association québécoise d'histoire politique, Bulletin d'histoire politique (Vol. 17, No. 2), Le défenseur des Juifs au Québec: la lutte de Peter Bercovitch pour le respect et la reconnaissance des droits de la minorité juive durant l’entre-deux-guerres		  3 Jun 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Peter Bercovitch, M.P.		  3 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Peter Bercovitch, député		  3 Jun 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Peter Bercovitch		  3 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Bercovitch		  3 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Peter Bercovitch		  3 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Jun 2024 19:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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