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♂ Marcel Ostiguy
aliasMarcel Ostiguy
Record
47379 · 894

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Québec 2 1 3
Total 5 2 7
Birth 14 May 1929 → 95 years ago
Lived 84 years + 8 months
First mandate 29 April 1970 → 54 years + 17 days ago
↳ at age 40 years + 11 months
Death 21 January 2014 → 10 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 4 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Marcel Ostiguy (1929–2014)
© 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 10 16
Québec 6 6 15 Z
TOTAL 12 5 1

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Andrée P. Champagne  f 
⊕ Marcel Danis  m 
⊖ Serge A. Lemoyne  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Jean-Pierre Charbonneau  m 
⊖ Paul-Yvon Hamel  m 
 
Eligible: 18,299 Votes: 16,274 Participation: 88.93% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11151(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
QLP
 1/4 6,564 40.90% +309 Loser:
UN
 6,255 38.97% Paul-Yvon Hamel

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,326 Votes: 27,505 Participation: 85.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6824(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
QLP
 1/4 14,315 52.90% +5,306 Loser:
PQ
 9,009 33.29% Normand Caron

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,903 Votes: 35,470 Participation: 88.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4717(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
QLP
 2/4 11,806 33.91% -4,990 Winner:
PQ
 16,796 48.24% Jean-Pierre Charbonneau
Eligible: 56,801 Votes: 40,222 Participation: 70.81% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10904(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 21,515 53.49% +4,956 Loser:
PC
 16,559 41.17% Charles-Auguste Gauvin

Service: 7 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 60,242 Votes: 43,835 Participation: 72.76% Candidacies: 8
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4572(F) — 26 Feb 2023 16:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/8 23,666 53.99% +11,339 Loser:
PC
 12,327 28.12% Grégoire Girard

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 60,242 Votes: 42,707 Participation: 70.89% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4290(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/7 28,130 66.96% +18,097 Loser:
PC
 10,033 23.88% Marcel Danis

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,588 Votes: 49,087 Participation: 79.70% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4009(F) — 26 Feb 2023 16:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/6 21,394 44.07% -1,590 Winner:
PC
 22,984 47.35% Andrée P. Champagne

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Marcel Ostiguy, M.P.		  7 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Marcel Ostiguy, député		  7 May 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Marcel Ostiguy		  7 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Marcel Ostiguy		  7 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Marcel Ostiguy		  7 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 May 2024 23:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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