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♂ Mark J. Assad
aliasMark J. Assad
Record
1704 · 1009

Lebanese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Québec 4 0 4
Total 8 0 8
Birth 14 June 1940
Age 83 years + 10 months
First mandate 29 April 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Mark J. Assad (1940– )
© Photo 2001 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 15 7 2
Québec 14 0 19 Z
TOTAL 29 7 21

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 11  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Marcellin Clément  m 
⊕ Richard Nadeau  m 
 		 ⊕ Claudy Mailly  f 
⊖ Roland Théorêt  m 
 
Eligible: 34,960 Votes: 29,687 Participation: 84.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11153(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
QLP
 1/4 12,651 43.23% +3,648 Loser:
UN
 9,003 30.77% Roland Théorêt

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,041 Votes: 27,576 Participation: 72.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6791(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
QLP
 1/4 16,610 61.22% +10,254 Loser:
PQ
 6,356 23.43% John R. Luck

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,626 Votes: 37,091 Participation: 79.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4682(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
PQ
 12,967 36.32% Jean Alfred
Eligible: 26,948 Votes: 22,117 Participation: 82.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2259(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
40
QLP
 1/4 11,717 53.31% +1,976 Loser:
PQ
 9,741 44.32% Bernard Guindon

Service: 4 years 7 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,935 Votes: 21,421 Participation: 74.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2013(F) — 19 Feb 2022 21:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
QLP
 1/3 12,452 58.59% +4,382 Loser:
PQ
 8,070 37.97% Maurice Boivin
After his election:
17 Oct 1988 48
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,310 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3674(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/5 23,507 43.28% +2,122 Loser:
PC
 21,385 39.38% Claudy Mailly

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,845 Votes: 15,022 Participation: 50.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Québec
29 May 1989
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11339(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
QLP
 7,758 52.18% Norman MacMillan
Eligible: 97,695 Votes: 72,062 Participation: 73.76% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3380(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/6 39,283 55.49% +14,271 Loser:
BQ
 25,012 35.33% Jules Fournier

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 84,066 Votes: 55,993 Participation: 66.61% Candidacies: 7
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3079(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/7 25,298 46.42% +9,512 Loser:
PC
 15,786 28.97% Richard Côté

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 91,031 Votes: 51,426 Participation: 56.49% Candidacies: 9
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2770(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/9 25,960 51.45% +13,143 Loser:
BQ
 12,817 25.40% Richard Nadeau

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 81,644 Votes: 46,219 Participation: 56.61% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1194(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 19,198 42.09% Françoise Boivin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Mark Joseph Assad, M.P.		 28 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Mark Joseph Assad, député		 28 Jan 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Mark Assad		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Mark Assad		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mark Assad		 28 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jan 2024 21:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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