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♂ Bona Arsenault
aliasBona Arsenault
Record
1533 · 1887

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 62%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Québec 5 3 8
Total 8 5 13
Birth 4 October 1903 → 120 years + 7 months ago
Lived 89 years + 9 months
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 8 months
Death 4 July 1993 → 30 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 7 months after 14 November 1976
Special notes
None
 
Bona Arsenault (1903–1993)
© Photo c.1945 Arthur Roy — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Guy Fortier (1912–1994) Brother-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 11 26
Québec 16 4 19 Z
TOTAL 28 4 15

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 13  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Nérée Arsenault  m 
⊖ Pierre-Émile Côté  m 
⊕ Léopold Marquis  m 
⊖ Camille-Eugène Pouliot  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexandre Chouinard  m 
⊖ Clovis Gagnon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph-Alphée Poirier  m 
 
Eligible: 7,319 Votes: 6,703 Participation: 91.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16110(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
CONS
 2/2 2,743 41.09% -1,190 Winner:
QLP
 3,933 58.91% Pierre-Émile Côté
Eligible: 7,029 Votes: 6,052 Participation: 86.10% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16214(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
CONS
 3/4 660 11.02% -2,359 Winner:
QLP
 3,019 50.42% Alexandre Chouinard
Eligible: 20,451 Votes: 15,187 Participation: 74.26% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23022(F) — 26 Jan 2022 21:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
NATG
 2/2 5,741 37.80% -3,705 Winner:
LIB
 9,446 62.20% Joseph-Alphée Poirier
Eligible: 21,245 Votes: 15,536 Participation: 73.13% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23282(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
IND
 1/3 7,885 50.75% +1,280 Loser:
LIB
 6,605 42.51% John C. Gilker

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,425 Votes: 17,123 Participation: 83.83% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23543(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 9,802 57.61% +3,026 Loser:
PC
 6,776 39.82% Edouard Dion

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,463 Votes: 15,843 Participation: 77.42% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23845(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 9,177 58.74% +2,731 Loser:
PC
 6,446 41.26% Jean-Augustin Goulet

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,668 Votes: 16,196 Participation: 82.35% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24129(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 7,903 49.20% -258 Winner:
PC
 8,161 50.80% Nérée Arsenault
Eligible: 14,954 Votes: 12,898 Participation: 86.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16877(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
QLP
 1/2 7,263 56.76% +1,730 Loser:
UN
 5,533 43.24% Clovis Gagnon

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,402 Votes: 12,139 Participation: 84.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16975(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
QLP
 1/2 6,111 51.05% +252 Loser:
UN
 5,859 48.95% Clovis Gagnon

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,097 Votes: 12,958 Participation: 80.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11250(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
QLP
 1/4 6,165 48.64% +22 Loser:
UN
 6,143 48.47% Jean-Paul Fiset

Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,741 Votes: 13,355 Participation: 84.84% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11142(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
QLP
 1/5 4,319 32.69% +514 Loser:
PQ
 3,805 28.80% Doris Lussier

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,517 Votes: 17,878 Participation: 76.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6780(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
QLP
 1/4 7,564 42.81% +2,459 Loser:
PQ
 5,105 28.90% Gilles Dubé

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,750 Votes: 19,417 Participation: 81.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4670(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
73
QLP
 2/4 5,283 27.68% -5,458 Winner:
PQ
 10,741 56.27% Léopold Marquis

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
FR Non-standard link
Musée de la Gaspésie, Bona Arsenault		  4 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Bona Arsenault, C.M., M.P.		  4 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Bona Arsenault, C.M., député		  4 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Bona Arsenault		  4 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bona Arsenault		  4 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bona Arsenault		  4 Feb 2024

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