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Léopold Demers

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Léopold Demers
Member of Parliament
for Laval—Two Mountains
In office
December 1948 – June 1949
Preceded byJoseph-Roméo-Liguori Lacombe
Succeeded byriding merged
Member of Parliament
for Laval
In office
June 1949 – March 1958
Preceded byriding created
Succeeded byRodrigue Bourdages
Personal details
Born(1912-08-14)14 August 1912
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died21 November 1990(1990-11-21) (aged 78)
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Professionagrologist

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.

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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