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♂ Gérard Asselin
aliasGérard Asselin
Record
1716 · 1045

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 19 April 1950 → 74 years ago
Lived 62 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 6 months
Death 9 February 2013 → 11 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 9 months after 1 May 2011
Special notes
None
 
Gérard Asselin (1950–2013)
© Photo 2008 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Baie-Comeau, Québec (1979–1993)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 17 6 0

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Pierre Ducasse  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Ghislain Maltais  m 
 		 ⊕ Jonathan Genest-Jourdain  m 
 
Eligible: 57,132 Votes: 39,425 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 4
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3374(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
BQ
 1/4 23,617 61.97% +16,457 Loser:
LIB
 7,160 18.79% André Desgagnés

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,730 Votes: 37,666 Participation: 64.13% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3073(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
BQ
 1/4 19,792 54.18% +9,954 Loser:
LIB
 9,838 26.93% Ghislain Maltais

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,737 Votes: 34,253 Participation: 58.32% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2765(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
BQ
 1/5 20,479 61.44% +11,171 Loser:
LIB
 9,308 27.93% Marjolaine Gagnon

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,142 Votes: 33,132 Participation: 50.86% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1214(F) — 3 Apr 2022 22:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
BQ
 1/5 19,040 58.51% +10,943 Loser:
LIB
 8,097 24.88% Anthony Detroio

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 64,537 Votes: 36,789 Participation: 57.00% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 720(F) — 3 Apr 2022 22:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
BQ
 1/6 18,601 51.10% +11,691 Loser:
CPC
 6,910 18.98% Pierre Paradis

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 63,886 Votes: 31,430 Participation: 49.20% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5946(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
BQ
 1/5 15,272 49.29% +6,898 Loser:
CPC
 8,374 27.03% Pierre Breton

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,648 Votes: 34,114 Participation: 51.97% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6486(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
BQ
 2/5 10,495 31.24% -5,942 Winner:
NDP
 16,437 48.93% Jonathan Genest-Jourdain

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Gérard Asselin, M.P.		 22 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Gérard Asselin, député		 22 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gérard Asselin		 22 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gérard Asselin		 22 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Mar 2024 18:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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