Léopold Demers
Léopold Demers (14 August 1912 – 21 November 1990) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an agrologist by career.
Léopold Demers | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Laval—Two Mountains | |
| In office December 1948 – June 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph-Roméo-Liguori Lacombe |
| Succeeded by | riding merged |
| Member of Parliament for Laval | |
| In office June 1949 – March 1958 | |
| Preceded by | riding created |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigue Bourdages |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1912 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 21 November 1990 (aged 78) Laval, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | agrologist |
He was first elected at the Laval—Two Mountains riding in a 20 December 1948 by-election. In the 1949 federal election, he was re-elected at Laval then re-elected for successive terms in 1953 and 1957. Demers was defeated in the 1958 election by Rodrigue Bourdages of the Progressive Conservative party.
| 1958 Canadian federal election: Laval | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rodrigue Bourdages | 26,076 | 47.5 | +34.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Léopold Demers | 25,363 | 46.2 | -14.4 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Jacques Champagne | 2,165 | 3.9 | +1.2 | ||||
| Independent PC | Alexandre Joly | 796 | 1.5 | |||||
| Independent Liberal | Arthur Prévost | 476 | 0.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 54,876 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election: Laval | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Léopold Demers | 26,254 | 60.6 | -10.2 | ||||
| Independent | Rodrigue Bourdages | 10,333 | 23.9 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alexandre Joly | 5,525 | 12.8 | -14.0 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gisèle Couture | 1,205 | 2.8 | +0.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 43,317 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election: Laval | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Léopold Demers | 19,337 | 70.9 | +6.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis Jarry | 7,309 | 26.8 | -8.4 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph-Roméo Martin | 645 | 2.4 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,291 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election: Laval | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Léopold Demers | 18,202 | 64.8 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léopold Pouliot | 9,888 | 35.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 28,090 | 100.0 | ||||||
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