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♂ René Joseph Eugène Létourneau
aliasRené Létourneau
Record
35974 · 7847

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Birth 17 November 1912 → 111 years + 6 months ago
Lived 73 years + 7 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 4 months
Death 2 July 1986 → 37 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 2 months after 7 April 1963
Special notes
None
 
René Joseph Eugène Létourneau (1912–1986)
© Photo — 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
Canada 5 0 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Yves Forest  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Louis-Édouard Roberge  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 22,439 Votes: 17,417 Participation: 77.62% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24192(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
PC
 2/2 7,424 43.04% -2,403 Winner:
LIB
 9,827 56.96% Louis-Édouard Roberge
Eligible: 22,439 Votes: 18,490 Participation: 82.40% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24458(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 1/3 10,363 56.05% +2,725 Loser:
LIB
 7,638 41.31% Louis-Édouard Roberge

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,374 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24735(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 7,982 41.20% +1,534 Loser:
SC
 6,448 33.28% Roméo Custeau

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,757 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25000(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/3 6,394 34.09% -1,255 Winner:
LIB
 7,649 40.78% Yves Forest
Eligible: 24,122 Votes: 18,360 Participation: 76.11% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25269(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
52
PC
 2/4 6,495 35.82% -1,131 Winner:
LIB
 7,626 42.06% Yves Forest

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
René Joseph Eugène Létourneau, M.P.		  5 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
René Joseph Eugène Létourneau, député		  5 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
René Létourneau		  5 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
René Létourneau		  5 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Jun 2024 22:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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