Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Léo Richer LaFlèche
aliasLéo Richer LaFlèche
Record
33157 · 7554

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 16 April 1888 → 136 years + 2 months ago
Lived 67 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 November 1942 → 81 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 7 months
Death 7 March 1956 → 68 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 8 months after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
Léo Richer LaFlèche (1888–1956)
© 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 2 6 9

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 19
LIB
1 Minister 54–57 07 Oct 1942 — 17 Apr 1945 2 6 10
 1. National War Services

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
Jean Drapeau  m 
 

 
Eligible: 33,999 Votes: 19,326 Participation: 56.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19
Québec
30 November 1942
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23115(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
1/2 12,378 64.05% +5,430 Loser:
BPC
6,948 35.95% Jean Drapeau

Service:
2 years 6 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,098 Votes: 26,473 Participation: 67.71% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20
Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23313(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57
Successor:
LIB
14,836 56.04% Édouard-Gabriel Rinfret

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Léo Richer LaFlèche, P.C., M.P.
 5 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Léo Richer LaFlèche, C.P., député
 5 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Léo Richer Laflèche
 5 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Léo Richer Laflèche
 5 Jun 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Jun 2024 05:39 (but data presented dynamically)