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♂ Gabriel Desjardins
aliasGabriel Desjardins
Record
15603 · 1000

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Québec 0 1 1
Total 2 2 4
Birth 14 February 1949
Age 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 6 months ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Gabriel Desjardins (1949– )
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 9 1 18

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Yves Blais  m 
⊕ Henri Tousignant  m 
 		 ⊕ Pierre Brien  m 
⊕ Rémy Trudel  m 
 
Eligible: 36,794 Votes: 30,907 Participation: 84.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2288(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
32
UN
 3/3 878 2.87% -18,466 Winner:
PQ
 19,344 63.25% Yves Blais
Eligible: 55,749 Votes: 40,756 Participation: 73.11% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4016(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
PC
 1/6 20,347 50.24% +6,591 Loser:
LIB
 13,756 33.96% Henri Tousignant

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,284 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3721(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/4 19,106 46.28% +3,483 Loser:
NDP
 15,623 37.84% Rémy Trudel

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,276 Votes: 41,921 Participation: 70.72% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3425(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
PC
 3/5 7,819 19.34% -14,721 Winner:
BQ
 22,540 55.74% Pierre Brien

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gabriel Desjardins, M.P.		 14 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gabriel Desjardins, député		 14 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gabriel Desjardins		 14 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gabriel Desjardins		 14 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Feb 2024 07:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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