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♂ Robert-Benoît Major
aliasRobert-Benoît Major
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 1 0 1
Birth 17 February 1915 → 109 years + 3 months ago
Lived 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 4 months
Death 7 August 1997 → 26 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 9 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Robert-Benoît Major (1915–1997)
© Photo 1968 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thomas Vien (1881–1972) Father-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 4 4

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Roger-E. Régimbal  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,146 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10056(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 15,726 48.92% +2,160 Loser:
PC
 13,566 42.20% Roger-E. Régimbal

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,234 Votes: 37,900 Participation: 75.45% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10306(F) — 26 Feb 2023 16:55 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 18,749 49.47% Francis Fox

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Benoit Major, M.P.		  4 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert Benoit Major, député		  4 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Major		  4 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert-Benoît Major		  4 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 19:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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