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♂ Réal Ménard
aliasRéal Ménard
Record
42891 · 1051

☆   Gay (openly)
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 13 May 1962
Age 61 years + 11 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 7 months ago (16 September 2009)
Special notes
None
 
Réal Ménard (1962– )
© Photo 2008 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Bloc Québécois MP from 1993 to 2009, Ménard was the second after Svend Robinson to come out as gay. But he is said to be the first to use the word "internet" in a speech in the House of Commons in 1994.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 15 10 17

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Édouard Desrosiers  m 
⊖ Allan Koury  m 
 		 ⊕ Serge Joyal  m 
⊕ Blair T. Longley  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 47,801 Votes: 32,937 Participation: 68.90% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3970(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
22
QNP
 5/7 1,089 3.39% -12,155 Winner:
PC
 13,244 41.21% Édouard Desrosiers
Eligible: 59,945 Votes: 44,502 Participation: 74.24% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3381(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
BQ
 1/7 26,170 61.37% +15,495 Loser:
LIB
 10,675 25.03% Jules Léger

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,720 Votes: 49,863 Participation: 72.56% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3080(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
BQ
 1/6 21,938 46.02% +5,630 Loser:
LIB
 16,308 34.21% Denise Malo

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 75,947 Votes: 44,574 Participation: 58.69% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2803(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
BQ
 1/8 21,250 49.20% +5,107 Loser:
LIB
 16,143 37.38% Louis Morena

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,702 Votes: 46,635 Participation: 57.79% Candidacies: 8
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1196(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
BQ
 1/8 27,476 60.12% +15,764 Loser:
LIB
 11,712 25.63% Benoit Bouvier

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,142 Votes: 46,730 Participation: 58.31% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 702(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
BQ
 1/7 25,570 55.58% +17,638 Loser:
LIB
 7,932 17.24% Vicky Harvey

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,542 Votes: 46,327 Participation: 58.24% Candidacies: 9
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5928(F) — 1 Feb 2022 23:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
BQ
 1/9 22,720 49.73% +13,278 Loser:
LIB
 9,442 20.67% Diane Dicaire
After his election:
16 Sep 2009 47
BQ
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran municipally
Service: 11 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,801 Votes: 17,833 Participation: 22.63% Candidacies: 8
Federal
40		 Québec
9 November 2009
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 25992(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
BQ
 8,989 51.16% Daniel Paillé

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Réal Ménard, M.P.		 01 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Réal Ménard, député		 01 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Réal Ménard		 01 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Réal Ménard		 01 Feb 2024

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