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♂ Jacques Parizeau
aliasJacques Parizeau
Record
48073 · 2044

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 2 6
Birth 9 August 1930 → 93 years + 9 months ago
Lived 84 years + 9 months
First mandate 15 November 1976 → 47 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 1 June 2015 → 8 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 4 months after 29 January 1996
Special notes
None
 
Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015)
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Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Lisette Lapointe (1943–) Spouse
⊖ Damase Parizeau (c. 1841–1915) Great-grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 14 4 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 33–35
PQ
 1 Party leader 57–65 11 Nov 1987 — 28 Jan 1996 8 2 17
2. QC 34
PQ
 1 Opposition Leader 59–64 25 Sep 1989 — 11 Sep 1994 4 11 17
3. QC 35
PQ
 1 Premier 64–65 12 Sep 1994 — 28 Jan 1996 1 4 16

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Jean Bienvenue  m 
⊖ Joseph-Roland Comtois  m 
 		 ⊖ François Cloutier  m 
⊖ Jean-Guy Gervais  m 
 
Eligible: 43,827 Votes: 38,428 Participation: 87.68% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11082(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
PQ
 2/4 16,236 42.96% -972 Winner:
QLP
 17,208 45.53% François Cloutier
Eligible: 37,503 Votes: 32,278 Participation: 86.07% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6739(F) — 1 Oct 2022 15:18 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
PQ
 2/5 14,597 45.80% -1,396 Winner:
QLP
 15,993 50.18% Jean Bienvenue
Eligible: 55,464 Votes: 49,495 Participation: 89.24% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4650(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
PQ
 1/5 26,449 54.49% +14,439 Loser:
QLP
 12,010 24.74% Joseph-Roland Comtois

Service: 4 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,657 Votes: 37,128 Participation: 87.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2227(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PQ
 1/3 22,605 61.61% +10,455 Loser:
QLP
 12,150 33.12% André Ouellette
After his election:
27 Nov 1984 54
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,148 Votes: 26,522 Participation: 55.08% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
32		 Québec
3 June 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11332(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
QLP
 12,019 46.71% Jean-Guy Gervais
Eligible: 42,670 Votes: 34,251 Participation: 80.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2104(F) — 8 Sep 2021 23:45 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
59
PQ
 1/3 18,590 55.52% +5,134 Loser:
QLP
 13,456 40.19% Jean-Guy Gervais

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,334 Votes: 39,661 Participation: 85.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1854(F) — 20 Feb 2022 14:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
64
PQ
 1/4 21,809 56.04% +10,992 Loser:
QLP
 10,817 27.80% Luc Archambault
After his election:
29 Jan 1996 65
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,626 Votes: 23,812 Participation: 48.97% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Québec
10 June 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11348(F) — 30 Sep 2022 11:47 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
PQ
 12,931 55.33% Jean-Claude St-André

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
CBC Archives (31 October 2018), When Jacques Parizeau resigned after the 'No' side prevailed in Quebec		  7 Mar 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Jacques Parizeau		  7 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Jacques Parizeau		  7 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Jacques Parizeau		  7 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jacques Parizeau		  7 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jacques Parizeau		  7 Mar 2024

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