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♂ René Cousineau
aliasRené Cousineau
Record
13039 · 916

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 17 June 1930 → 93 years + 11 months ago
Lived 72 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 45 years + 22 days ago
↳ at age 48 years + 11 months
Death 10 September 2002 → 21 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 days after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
René Cousineau (1930–2002)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 3 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Claudy Mailly  f 
 
 
Eligible: 66,195 Votes: 47,622 Participation: 71.94% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4533(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/6 34,234 71.89% +28,028 Loser:
SC
 6,206 13.03% Gérard Croteau

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 66,195 Votes: 45,330 Participation: 68.48% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4251(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 35,437 78.60% +30,645 Loser:
NDP
 4,792 10.63% Renée P. Brisson

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,596 Votes: 51,191 Participation: 71.50% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3969(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/5 17,496 34.43% -8,377 Winner:
PC
 25,873 50.91% Claudy Mailly

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
René Cousineau, M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
René Cousineau, député		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
René Cousineau		  9 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
René Cousineau		  9 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jun 2024 12:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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