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♂ Firmin Dugas
aliasFirmin Dugas
Record
17460 · 4972

∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Québec 2 0 2
Total 7 1 8
Birth 8 March 1830 → 194 years + 1 month ago
Lived 59 years
First mandate 15 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 6 months
Death 16 March 1889 → 135 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 23 days after 21 February 1887
Double mandate Montcalm (Québec)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
Firmin Dugas (1830–1889) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ J.-Louis-Euclide Dugas (1861–1943) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 15 5 3
Québec 6 4 4 Z
TOTAL 21 9 7

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Octave Magnan  m 
 		 ⊖ Olaüs Thérien  m 
 
Eligible: 1,838 Votes: 1,265 Participation: 68.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14830(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
CONS
 1/2 780 61.66% +295 Loser:
QLP
 485 38.34% L.-Simon Lesage

Service: 3 years 9 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,940 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14915(F) — 16 Feb 2022 20:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
20 Jan 1874 43
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 2 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,838 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Québec
15 September 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18471(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 10 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18627(F) — 25 Jun 2023 21:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 43
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18863(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,940 Votes: 1,413 Participation: 72.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Québec
13 March 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15912(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
CONS
 657 46.50% Louis-Gustave Martin
Eligible: 2,346 Votes: 1,410 Participation: 60.10% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19152(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/4 698 49.93% +324 Loser:
IND
 374 26.75% N. Forest

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,640 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19348(F) — 21 Jan 2022 23:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/2 828 50.49% +16 Loser:
CONS
 812 49.51% Octave Magnan

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,788 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19556(F) — 5 Sep 2022 16:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
NATQ
 2/2 835 46.70% -118 Winner:
CONS
 953 53.30% Olaüs Thérien

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Firmin Dugas, M.P.		 18 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Firmin Dugas, député		 18 Nov 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
Firmin Dugas		 18 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Firmin Dugas		 18 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Firmin Dugas		 18 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Nov 2023 16:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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