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♂ François Bourassa
aliasFrançois Bourassa
Record
6336 · 5015

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 0 7
Birth 5 June 1813 → 210 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 11 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 2 months
Death 13 May 1898 → 125 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 10 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 
François Bourassa (1813–1898)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Jos.-Henri-Nap. Bourassa (1868–1952) Nephew  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 28 10 9

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 1,816 Votes: 1,296 Participation: 71.37% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17766(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 696 53.70% +96 Loser:
IND
 600 46.30% Charles Laberge

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,697 Votes: 1,253 Participation: 73.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14853(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
QLP
 684 54.59% Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18650(F) — 25 Jun 2023 22:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 60
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18886(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,189 Votes: 1,403 Participation: 64.09% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19175(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 780 57.23% +197 Loser:
IND
 583 42.77% Charles Loupret

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,639 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 892 54.42% +145 Loser:
IND
 747 45.58% Charles Arpin

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,616 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19579(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
LIB
 1/2 988 61.14% +360 Loser:
LIB
 628 38.86% Elzéar Paradis

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,766 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19931(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
77
LIB
 1/2 997 56.46% +228 Loser:
CONS
 769 43.54% J. Black

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,191 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Québec
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20219(F) — 22 Jan 2022 23:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
83		 Successor:
LIB
 1,849 57.94% François Béchard

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Bourassa, François		 11 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Bourassa, François		 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
François Bourassa, M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
François Bourassa, député		 11 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
François Bourassa		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
François Bourassa		 11 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
François Bourassa (homme politique)		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 22:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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