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♂ Daniel Paillé
aliasDaniel Paillé
Record
47655 · 1052

☆  ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Québec 1 0 1
Total 2 1 3
Birth 1 April 1950
Age 74 years
First mandate 12 September 1994 → 29 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 11 months ago (1 May 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Daniel Paillé (1950– )
© Photo 2013 Samounet — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Martha Hall Findlay (1959–) Domestic partner  
⊕ Pascal-Pierre Paillé (1978–) Nephew  
 
Well that's interesting!
Paillé, who was the leader of the Bloc Québécois from December 2011 to December 2013, is (surprisingly) the domestic partner of Martha Hall Findlay, the Liberal MP for Willowdale from 2008 to 2011, who, in 2006, ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 1 5 20
Québec 2 2 7 Z
TOTAL 3 7 28

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 41
BQ
 1 Party leader 61–63 11 Dec 2011 — 15 Dec 2013 2 0 4

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet  f 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 		 ⊖ Paul-André Forget  m 
 
Eligible: 43,417 Votes: 35,303 Participation: 81.31% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1892(F) — 20 Feb 2022 15:41 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
PQ
 1/5 17,425 50.52% +4,110 Loser:
QLP
 13,315 38.60% Paul-André Forget
After his election:
19 Nov 1996 46
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 2 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,261 Votes: 22,391 Participation: 48.40% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Québec
28 April 1997
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11352(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
PQ
 10,083 46.21% Lucie Papineau
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
59
BQ
 1/8 8,989 51.16% +5,545 Loser:
NDP
 3,444 19.60% Jean-Claude Rocheleau

Service: 1 year 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,515 Votes: 47,047 Participation: 58.43% Candidacies: 8
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6468(F) — 20 Feb 2022 15:57 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
BQ
 2/8 14,451 31.20% -7,863 Winner:
NDP
 22,314 48.17% Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Daniel Paillé, M.P.		 01 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Daniel Paillé, député		 01 Apr 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Daniel Paillé		 01 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Daniel Paillé		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Daniel Paillé		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 07:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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