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♂ Stéphane M. Dion
aliasStéphane M. Dion
Record
16202 · 1025

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Birth 28 September 1955
Age 68 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 March 1996 → 28 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 40 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 7 years + 2 months ago (31 January 2017)
Special notes
None
 
Stéphane M. Dion (1955– )
© Photo 2015 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Setting aside interim leaders, Dion was the first leader of the Liberal Party of Canada not to serve as prime minister since Edward Blake, who had led the party from 1880 to 1887. His successor, Michael Ignatieff, was the second.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 20 10 0

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 38
LIB
 1 Minister 48–50 20 Jul 2004 — 05 Feb 2006 1 6 16
2. CA 39–40
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 51–53 02 Dec 2006 — 09 Dec 2008 2 0 7
3. CA 39–40
LIB
 1 Party leader 51–53 02 Dec 2006 — 09 Dec 2008 2 0 7
4. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister 60–61 04 Nov 2015 — 09 Jan 2017 1 2 5
 1. Environment
 4. Foreign Affairs [Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development]

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 58,885 Votes: 26,917 Participation: 45.71% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Québec
25 March 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10853(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 21,336 79.27% +17,336 Loser:
BQ
 4,000 14.86% Michel Sarra-Bournet

Service: 1 year 2 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,105 Votes: 50,107 Participation: 76.96% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3119(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/5 34,598 70.14% +27,737 Loser:
PC
 6,861 13.91% Jean-Martin Masse

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,836 Votes: 45,300 Participation: 63.06% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2823(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/8 32,861 73.58% +27,023 Loser:
BQ
 5,838 13.07% Yves Beauregard

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 78,238 Votes: 42,464 Participation: 54.28% Candidacies: 9
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1239(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/9 28,107 66.82% +20,846 Loser:
BQ
 7,261 17.26% William Fayad

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,419 Votes: 42,831 Participation: 55.32% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 745(F) — 1 Feb 2022 22:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/6 25,412 59.85% +19,220 Loser:
BQ
 6,192 14.58% William Fayad

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,777 Votes: 41,112 Participation: 53.55% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5971(F) — 1 Feb 2022 23:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
LIB
 1/5 25,095 61.72% +18,096 Loser:
CPC
 6,999 17.21% Dennis Galiatsatos

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,870 Votes: 41,155 Participation: 52.18% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6511(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/6 17,726 43.43% +5,778 Loser:
NDP
 11,948 29.28% Maria X. Florez

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,138 Votes: 40,739 Participation: 58.92% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7596(F) — 3 Feb 2022 15:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/6 24,832 61.57% +16,965 Loser:
CPC
 7,867 19.51% Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu
After his election:
31 Jan 2017 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 3 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,394 Votes: 19,639 Participation: 28.30% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Québec
3 April 2017
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10790(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 11,461 59.13% Emmanuella Lambropoulos

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Stéphane Dion, P.C., M.P.		 13 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Stéphane Dion, C.P., député		 13 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Stéphane Dion		 13 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Stéphane Dion		 13 Feb 2024

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