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Léopold Demers
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

Léopold Demers

Canadian politician

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.

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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.

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v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

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	(1912-08-14)14 August 1912 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died	21 November 1990(1990-11-21) (aged 78) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Profession	agrologist

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