Albert Lavigne
Albert Peter Lavigne | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Stormont | |
| In office November 1954 – March 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Lionel Chevrier |
| Succeeded by | Grant Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Albert Peter Lavigne 9 October 1908 Cornwall, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 5 June 1962 (aged 53) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | retail merchant |
Albert Peter Lavigne (9 October 1908 – 5 June 1962) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Lavigne was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cornwall, Ontario and became a retail merchant by career.
He was first elected at the Stormont riding in a by-election on 8 November 1954, then re-elected there in the 1957 federal election. He was defeated in the 1958 election by Grant Campbell of the Progressive Conservative party after serving his only full federal term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament.
Electoral record
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Albert Lavigne | 11,441 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Robert Dick | 11,091 | |||
| 1957 Canadian federal election: Stormont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Lavigne | 12,505 | 53.5 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Grant Campbell | 10,215 | 43.7 | |||||
| Social Credit | Melvin Andrew Rowat | 646 | 2.8 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,366 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 305 | |||||||
| Turnout | 23,671 | 75.24 | -5.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 31,462 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1] and Canada Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election: Stormont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Grant Campbell | 13,964 | 53.1 | |||||
| Liberal | Albert Lavigne | 11,977 | 45.6 | |||||
| Social Credit | Melvin Andrew Rowat | 331 | 1.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 26,272 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 345 | |||||||
| Turnout | 26,617 | 83.53 | +8.29 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 31,866 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada,[3] Canada Elections Database,[4] and Cornwall Standard-Freeholder[5] | ||||||||
External links
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- ^ "General Election (1957-06-10)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony. "1957 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "General Election (1958-03-31)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ {{cite web |last1=Sayers |first1=Anthony |title=1958 Federal Election |url=https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=election&ID=447#page_1=ontario&page_2=constituency_2765 |website=Canadian Elections Database |access-date=29 April 2025
- ^ "Campbell's Majority Is Reduced". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. 11 April 1958.