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♂ Paul Mercier
aliasPaul Mercier
Record
43001 · 1037

Belgian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 26 July 1924 → 99 years + 9 months ago
Lived 89 years
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 69 years + 2 months
Death 7 August 2013 → 10 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 26 November 2000
Special notes
None
 
Paul Mercier (1924–2013) 200x323
© Photo 1997 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 7 1 0

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Monique B. Landry  f 
 
 
Eligible: 106,788 Votes: 84,430 Participation: 79.06% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3419(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
69
BQ
 1/7 48,214 59.41% +29,484 Loser:
LIB
 18,730 23.08% Pierre Brien

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,338 Votes: 58,720 Participation: 74.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3125(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
BQ
 1/4 28,066 50.36% +13,379 Loser:
LIB
 14,687 26.36% Marcel Therrien

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 89,796 Votes: 58,193 Participation: 64.81% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2825(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
BQ
 28,933 51.91% Diane Bourgeois

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Paul Mercier, M.P.		 10 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Paul Mercier, député		 10 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Paul Mercier (Bloc Québécois MP)		 10 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Paul Mercier (homme politique, 1924)		 10 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Dec 2023 09:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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