♂ J. Robert Bourassa
 Roman Catholic |
Record 6338 · 1889 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 75%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 14 July 1933 (90 years 9 months ago) |
2 October 1996 (27 years 6 months ago) |
63 years 2 months | No |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| Claude Simard (1938–2016) | Brother-in-law | Bourassa was married to Andrée, Simard's sister. |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leadership roles
| Duration | |||||||||||
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | QC | 28–30 | QLP | 1 | Party leader | 36–43 | 17 Jan 1970 — 18 Nov 1976 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2. | QC | 28 | QLP | 1 | Opposition Leader | 36 | 17 Jan 1970 — 28 Apr 1970 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 3. | QC | 29–30 | QLP | 1 | Premier | 36–43 | 29 Apr 1970 — 14 Nov 1976 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4. | QC | 32–34 | QLP | 2 | Party leader | 50–60 | 15 Oct 1983 — 10 Jan 1994 | 10 | 2 | 26 | |
| 5. | QC | 32 | QLP | 2 | Opposition Leader | 51–52 | 04 Jun 1985 — 01 Dec 1985 | 0 | 5 | 27 | |
| 6. | QC | 33–34 | QLP | 2 | Premier | 52–60 | 02 Dec 1985 — 10 Jan 1994 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |
Electoral history
| → 8 recorded electoral participations → 9 electoral path points |
→ 8 documented challengers: |
Pierre Bourgault m Robert A. Cruise m Henri-François Gautrin m Gérald Godin m Francine Lalonde f Louis O'Neill m Jean-Guy Parent m Gilles Rhéaume m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 28 |
Québec | Mercier | |||||||
| 5 June 1966 | Age: 32 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/5 | QLP | 44.27% | 11,759 of 26,562 | Elig.: 44,155 | Parti.: 61.41% | ||
| Loser > | UN | 42.32% | 11,241 (-518) | Conrad Touchette m | |||||
| ID: 11252(F) — 19 Feb 2022 12:42 ET | Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 29 |
Québec | Mercier | |||||||
| 29 April 1970 | Age: 36 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/5 | QLP | 46.65% | 15,337 of 32,875 | Elig.: 42,255 | Parti.: 79.82% | ||
| Loser > | PQ | 37.34% | 12,276 (-3,061) | Pierre Bourgault m ( 36 ) | |||||
| ID: 11144(F) — 25 Sep 2022 20:28 ET | Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 30 |
Québec | Mercier | |||||||
| 29 October 1973 | Age: 40 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/8 | QLP | 52.87% | 13,757 of 26,018 | Elig.: 35,662 | Parti.: 75.07% | ||
| Loser > | PQ | 41.81% | 10,877 (-2,880) | Louis O'Neill m ( 48 ) | |||||
| ID: 6782(F) — 1 Oct 2022 15:29 ET | Service: 3 years 0 month 16 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 31 |
Québec | Mercier | |||||||
| 15 November 1976 | Age: 43 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/8 | QLP | 37.11% | 9,714 of 26,176 | Elig.: 33,070 | Parti.: 81.76% | ||
| Winner > | PQ | 51.38% | 13,450 (+3,736) | Gérald Godin m ( 38 ) | |||||
| ID: 4672(F) — 30 Sep 2022 12:56 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 32 |
Québec | Bertrand | |||||||
| 3 June 1985 | Age: 51 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/7 | QLP | 57.97% | 15,490 of 26,723 | Elig.: 39,776 | Parti.: 68.61% | ||
| Loser > | PQ | 38.23% | 10,217 (-5,273) | Francine Lalonde f ( 44 ) | |||||
| ID: 11330(F) — 20 Apr 2024 10:22 ET | Service: 0 year 5 months 28 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 33 |
Québec | Bertrand | |||||||
| 2 December 1985 | Age: 52 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/6 | QLP | 48.24% | 16,952 of 35,139 | Elig.: 40,704 | Parti.: 87.50% | ||
| Winner > | PQ | 48.89% | 17,181 (+229) | Jean-Guy Parent m ( 39 ) | |||||
| ID: 1939(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:28 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 33 |
Québec | Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 20 January 1986 | Age: 52 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/10 | QLP | 82.70% | 16,020 of 19,372 | Elig.: 42,514 | Parti.: 46.19% | ||
| Loser > | NPDQ | 8.78% | 1,701 (-14,319) | Sid Ingerman m | |||||
| ID: 11334(F) — 1 Oct 2022 11:40 ET | Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 34 |
Québec | Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 25 September 1989 | Age: 56 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/8 | QLP | 52.13% | 15,493 of 29,720 | Elig.: 40,745 | Parti.: 74.12% | ||
| Loser > | EP | 23.89% | 7,101 (-8,392) | Ciro P. Scotti m | |||||
| ID: 2157(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:32 ET | Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 35 |
Québec | Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 12 September 1994 | Age: 61 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | QLP | 76.73% | 25,711 of 33,507 | Normand Cherry m ( 56 ) | |||||
| ID: 1907(F) — 26 May 2023 10:16 ET | |||||||||
| → 6 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Free Form: Encyclopedia.com, Robert Bourassa | 13 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Robert Bourassa | 13 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Robert Bourassa | 13 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Quebec National Assembly: Robert Bourassa | 13 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Robert Bourassa | 13 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Robert Bourassa | 13 Feb 2024 |
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