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♂ Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
aliasPaul Martin
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 28 August 1938
Age 85 years + 8 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 15 years + 6 months ago (13 October 2008)
Special notes
None
 
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (1938– )
© Photo 2011 Andrew Rusk — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ J.J.G. Paul Martin (1903–1992) Father  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 19 10 17

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 35–37
LIB
 1 Minister 55–63 04 Nov 1993 — 01 Jun 2002 8 6 28
2. CA 37–39
LIB
 1 Party leader 65–67 14 Nov 2003 — 18 Mar 2006 2 4 4
3. CA 37–38
LIB
 1 Prime Minister 65–67 12 Dec 2003 — 05 Feb 2006 2 1 24
 1. Finance

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Rebecca Blaikie  f 
⊕ Nicole Roy-Arcelin  f 
 		 ⊖ Claude Lanthier  m 
⊕ Marc-Boris St-Maurice  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 51,465 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3683(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 1/6 23,394 45.46% +1,415 Loser:
PC
 21,979 42.71% Claude Lanthier

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,005 Votes: 53,238 Participation: 81.90% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3388(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/7 30,869 59.51% +13,590 Loser:
BQ
 17,279 33.31% Éric Cimon

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 70,173 Votes: 54,730 Participation: 77.99% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3087(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/5 32,317 60.87% +19,364 Loser:
BQ
 12,953 24.40% Jean-Pierre Chalifoux

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,961 Votes: 49,816 Participation: 65.58% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2805(F) — 1 Feb 2022 20:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/8 32,069 65.75% +20,264 Loser:
BQ
 11,805 24.20% Denis Martel

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,737 Votes: 46,342 Participation: 59.61% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1204(F) — 22 Dec 2023 08:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
65
LIB
 1/7 25,806 56.55% +11,805 Loser:
BQ
 14,001 30.68% Thierry Larrivée

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 76,647 Votes: 47,595 Participation: 62.10% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 710(F) — 1 Feb 2022 22:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
67
LIB
 1/7 22,751 48.41% +9,250 Loser:
BQ
 13,501 28.73% May Chiu

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 74,505 Votes: 43,079 Participation: 57.82% Candidacies: 7
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5936(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
LIB
 17,226 40.60% Lise Zarac

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Encyclopedia Britannica, Paul Martin: Prime Minister of Canada		 15 Apr 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Paul Martin		 15 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Paul Martin		 15 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, P.C., C.C., M.P.		 15 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, C.P., C.C., député		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Martin		 15 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Martin		 15 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Apr 2024 22:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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