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♂ Sam Hamad
aliasSam Hamad
Record
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Syrian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 0 5
Birth 17 June 1958
Age 65 years + 11 months
First mandate 14 April 2003 → 21 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 44 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 7 years + 27 days ago (27 April 2017)
Special notes
Born Samer Hamad-Allah.
 
Sam Hamad (1958– )
© Photo National Assembly, Québec — 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
Québec 14 0 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Mario Asselin  m 
⊕ Sol Zanetti  m 
 		 ⊕ Guy Laforest  m 
 
Eligible: 50,013 Votes: 40,573 Participation: 81.12% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 302(F) — 13 Jun 2022 17:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
QLP
 1/6 17,938 44.53% +6,270 Loser:
PQ
 11,668 28.96% Line-Sylvie Perron

Service: 3 years 11 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,615 Votes: 41,977 Participation: 81.33% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 67(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
QLP
 1/6 14,410 34.54% +816 Loser:
ADQ
 13,594 32.59% Jean Nobert

Service: 1 year 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,898 Votes: 36,510 Participation: 70.35% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
39		 Québec
8 December 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6062(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
QLP
 1/5 17,650 48.85% +7,137 Loser:
PQ
 10,513 29.09% Françoise Mercure

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,263 Votes: 38,320 Participation: 86.57% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 6995(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
QLP
 1/10 14,602 38.42% +2,092 Loser:
CAQ
 12,510 32.92% Michel Hamel

Service: 1 year 7 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,887 Votes: 37,554 Participation: 83.66% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
41		 Québec
7 April 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 7120(F) — 20 Feb 2022 20:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
QLP
 1/6 18,327 49.22% +8,677 Loser:
CAQ
 9,650 25.92% Mario Asselin
After his election:
27 Apr 2017 58
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 3 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,540 Votes: 23,880 Participation: 52.44% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
41		 Québec
2 October 2017
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11755(F) — 9 Nov 2022 08:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
CAQ
 12,091 51.04% Geneviève Guilbault

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Christopher Curtis, Montreal Gazette (27 April 2017), Sam Hamad: an immigrant success story overshadowed by scandals		  4 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Sam Hamad		  4 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sam Hamad		  4 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sam Hamad		  4 Feb 2024

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