♂ Maurice L.N. Duplessis ♦
 Roman Catholic |
Record 17788 · 7207 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 90%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 20 April 1890 (133 years 11 months ago) |
7 September 1959 (64 years 7 months ago) |
69 years 4 months | Yes |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| Richard-Stanislas Cooke (1850–1924) | Uncle | ||
| Nérée L.N. Duplessis (1855–1926) | Father | ||
| William-Pierre Grant (1872–1943) | Uncle |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Québec |
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership roles
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | QC | 18–19 | CONS | 1 | Opposition Leader | 42–46 | 20 Sep 1932 — 16 Aug 1936 | 3 | 10 | 27 | |
| 2. | QC | 18–19 | CONS | 1 | Party leader | 43–46 | 04 Oct 1933 — 19 Jun 1936 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| 3. | QC | 19–25 | UN | 2 | Party leader | 46–69 | 20 Jun 1936 — 07 Sep 1959 | 23 | 2 | 18 | |
| 4. | QC | 20 | UN | 1 | Premier | 46–49 | 17 Aug 1936 — 24 Oct 1939 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 5. | QC | 21 | UN | 2 | Opposition Leader | 49–54 | 25 Oct 1939 — 07 Aug 1944 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 6. | QC | 22–25 | UN | 2 | Premier | 54–69 | 08 Aug 1944 — 07 Sep 1959 | 15 | 0 | 30 | |
Electoral history
| → 10 recorded electoral participations → 11 electoral path points |
→ 3 documented challengers: |
H.-Georges Grenier m Louis-Philippe Mercier m (2 runoffs) Joseph-Alfred Mongrain m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 16 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 5 February 1923 | Age: 32 |
Defeated but elected later to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | CONS | 45.17% | 1,328 of 2,940 | Elig.: 4,990 | Parti.: 59.94% | ||
| Winner > | QLP | 54.83% | 1,612 (+284) | Louis-Philippe Mercier m ( 45 ) | |||||
| ID: 16006(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 17 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 16 May 1927 | Age: 37 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | CONS | 51.23% | 2,622 of 5,118 | Elig.: 7,153 | Parti.: 72.28% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 48.77% | 2,496 (-126) | Louis-Philippe Mercier m ( 49 ) | |||||
| ID: 16096(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET | Service: 4 years 3 months 7 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 18 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 24 August 1931 | Age: 41 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | CONS | 50.27% | 3,812 of 7,583 | Elig.: 9,174 | Parti.: 82.96% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 49.73% | 3,771 (-41) | Philippe Bigué m | |||||
| ID: 16181(F) — 18 Feb 2022 20:54 ET | Service: 4 years 3 months (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 19 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 25 November 1935 | Age: 45 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | CONS | 57.03% | 4,873 of 8,544 | Elig.: 9,893 | Parti.: 86.70% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 42.97% | 3,671 (-1,202) | Léon Lajoie m | |||||
| ID: 16277(F) — 8 Sep 2021 20:47 ET | Service: 0 year 8 months 22 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 20 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 17 August 1936 | Age: 46 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | UN | 69.31% | 5,628 of 8,120 | Elig.: 9,855 | Parti.: 83.13% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 30.69% | 2,492 (-3,136) | Philippe Bigué m | |||||
| ID: 16367(F) — 8 Sep 2021 21:48 ET | Service: 3 years 2 months 7 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 21 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 25 October 1939 | Age: 49 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | UN | 59.69% | 5,278 of 8,843 | Elig.: 10,215 | Parti.: 87.91% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 40.31% | 3,565 (-1,713) | Atchez Pitt m | |||||
| ID: 16457(F) — 8 Sep 2021 21:49 ET | Service: 4 years 9 months 13 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 22 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 8 August 1944 | Age: 54 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | UN | 66.74% | 12,576 of 18,844 | Elig.: 23,695 | Parti.: 80.41% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 28.22% | 5,318 (-7,258) | Léopold Pinsonnault m | |||||
| ID: 16544(F) — 8 Sep 2021 21:49 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 23 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 28 July 1948 | Age: 58 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | UN | 76.91% | 16,097 of 20,930 | Elig.: 26,114 | Parti.: 81.12% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 18.33% | 3,836 (-12,261) | Alexandre-Marcel Lajoie m | |||||
| ID: 16640(F) — 8 Sep 2021 21:50 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 24 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 16 July 1952 | Age: 62 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | UN | 60.64% | 15,493 of 25,551 | Elig.: 28,392 | Parti.: 90.65% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 39.36% | 10,058 (-5,435) | Joseph-Alfred Mongrain m ( 43 ) | |||||
| ID: 16734(F) — 8 Sep 2021 21:51 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 25 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 20 June 1956 | Age: 66 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | UN | 61.73% | 16,263 of 26,344 | Elig.: 30,230 | Parti.: 88.23% | ||
| Loser > | QLP | 37.72% | 9,936 (-6,327) | Lorne Berlinguet m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 7 September 1959 > | ?? | O | → | Vac. | Died in office | ||||
| ID: 16826(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET | Service: 3 years 2 months 18 days (Gov't) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 26 |
Québec | Trois-Rivières | |||||||
| 22 June 1960 | Age: 69 |
Deceased | |||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | UN | 46.65% | 13,221 of 28,339 | Yves Gabias m ( 39 ) | |||||
| ID: 16921(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET | |||||||||
| → 7 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis | 18 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis | 18 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Duplessis, Maurice Le Noblet | 18 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Duplessis, Maurice Le Noblet | 18 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Quebec National Assembly: Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis | 18 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Maurice Duplessis | 18 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Maurice Duplessis | 18 Apr 2024 |
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