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♂ Claude G. Lajoie
aliasClaude Lajoie
Record
33340 · 273

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 26 January 1928 → 96 years + 4 months ago
Lived 87 years + 3 months
First mandate 31 May 1971 → 53 years + 15 days ago
↳ at age 43 years + 4 months
Death 15 May 2015 → 9 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 8 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Claude G. Lajoie (1928–2015)
© Photo Cindy Lajoie (daughter) via Parlinfo — Public domain
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 13 3 0

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ H.-Georges Grenier  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,844 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Québec
31 May 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10910(F) — 1 Oct 2022 09:17 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/5 12,809 47.72% +1,193 Loser:
SC
 11,616 43.27% Réal Lemay

Service: 1 year 4 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,007 Votes: 44,826 Participation: 71.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10373(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 19,892 44.38% +2,642 Loser:
SC
 17,250 38.48% Réal Lemay

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,050 Votes: 42,278 Participation: 66.01% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10637(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/5 24,335 61.17% +16,797 Loser:
SC
 7,538 18.95% Réal Ménard

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,631 Votes: 38,750 Participation: 73.63% Candidacies: 9
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4582(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/9 23,311 60.97% +15,361 Loser:
SC
 7,950 20.79% Léopold Alarie

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,096 Votes: 35,502 Participation: 65.63% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4300(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/7 23,791 68.48% +19,309 Loser:
PC
 4,482 12.90% Jean Méthot

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,824 Votes: 42,516 Participation: 76.16% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4018(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 26,843 63.94% Pierre H. Vincent

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Claude G. Lajoie, M.P.		  8 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Claude G. Lajoie, député		  8 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Claude G. Lajoie		  8 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Claude Lajoie		  8 Jun 2024

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