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♂ Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
aliasJoseph-Édouard Cauchon
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic     ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Québec 3 0 3
Total 7 0 7
Birth 31 December 1816 → 207 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years + 1 month
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 7 months
Death 23 February 1885 → 139 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 4 months after 8 October 1877
Double mandate Montmorency / Quebec Centre (Québec)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (1816–1885)
© Photo 1875 William James Topley — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John O'Farrell (1826–1892) Brother-in-law  
 
Well that's interesting!
Cauchon is among those who held two seats — one provincially and one federally — in 1867 and from 1872 to 1874, relinquishing his provincial seat in 1874 when the "double mandate" was abolished. He always sat as a Conservative in Québec City, but in Ottawa he sat as a Con­ser­va­tive, an Independent Conservative, an Independent and ultimately a Liberal, serving as minister of Inland Revenue for four months until his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba in October 1877. Estimated to have made as much as $1,000,000 by 1882 in market speculation, he was ruined that year when the market crashed.
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. Canada East (1844–1867)
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Manitoba (1877–1882)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Québec, Québec (1866–1868)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 5 23
Québec 6 3 23 Z
TOTAL 11 9 16

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 3
LIB
 1 Minister 60 08 Jun 1877 — 07 Oct 1877 0 3 29
 1. Inland Revenue

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Ross  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17750(F) — 19 Jan 2022 20:19 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
6 Nov 1867 50
CONS
 →
ICON
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
2 Dec 1867 50
ICON
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 months 25 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,782 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14832(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,782 Votes: 769 Participation: 43.15% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Québec
11 December 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18442(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
CONS
 766 99.61% Jean Langlois
Eligible: 1,700 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14917(F) — 15 Oct 2022 13:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
10 Dec 1872 55
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 4 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,658 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18639(F) — 25 Jun 2023 11:33 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
IND
 1/2 964 58.14% +270 Loser:
CONS
 694 41.86% James G. Ross
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 56
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,700 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Québec
23 December 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17465(F) — 14 Oct 2022 16:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
21 Jan 1874 57
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 1 year 29 days (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: 18875(F) — 21 Jan 2022 00:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
7 Dec 1875 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,700 Votes: 1,046 Participation: 61.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Québec
11 February 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15908(F) — 16 Feb 2022 20:26 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
CONS
 835 79.83% Auguste-Réal Angers
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
27 December 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18966(F) — 11 Oct 2022 16:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
8 Oct 1877 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 9 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
3 November 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18967(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. Jacques Malouin

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Cauchon, Joseph-Édouard		  8 May 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Cauchon, Joseph-Édouard		  8 May 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Joseph Édouard Cauchon, P.C., Senator, M.P.		  8 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Joseph Édouard Cauchon, C.P., sénateur, député		  8 May 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon		  8 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon		  8 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon		  8 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 May 2024 01:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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