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♂ Richard Bélisle
aliasRichard Bélisle
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 14%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 4 5
Québec 0 2 2
Total 1 6 7
Birth 20 July 1946
Age 77 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
Richard Bélisle (1946– )
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Bélisle was narrowly elected as the Bloc Québécois MP for La Prairie in 1993 with a plurality of only 476 votes of the 63,860 cast. His electoral career went downhill after that. Defeated (again narrowly) in Saint-Lambert in 1997, he became a very unsuccessful Canadian Alliance and Conservative candidate federally and Liberal candidate provincially. After his last defeat in 2011, he was appointed to the Parole Board of Canada.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 7 6

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
9 documented challengers
⊕ Martin Camirand  m 
⊖ Fernand Jourdenais  m 
⊕ Pierre Nantel  m 
⊕ Jacques Saada  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Yolande Thibeault  f 
 		 ⊕ Jean Dorion  m 
⊕ Marie Malavoy  f 
⊕ Lucie Papineau  f 
⊕ Caroline St-Hilaire  f 
 
Eligible: 78,503 Votes: 65,679 Participation: 83.66% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3370(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
BQ
 1/6 27,490 43.05% +476 Loser:
LIB
 27,014 42.30% Jacques Saada

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 64,869 Votes: 49,161 Participation: 75.79% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3118(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
BQ
 2/5 18,458 39.10% -978 Winner:
LIB
 19,436 41.18% Yolande Thibeault
Eligible: 78,535 Votes: 51,939 Participation: 66.13% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2800(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
54
CA
 3/7 2,973 5.84% -23,833 Winner:
LIB
 26,806 52.69% Jacques Saada
Eligible: 76,664 Votes: 49,176 Participation: 64.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1210(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
57
CPC
 4/6 2,354 4.87% -27,119 Winner:
BQ
 29,473 60.94% Caroline St-Hilaire
Eligible: 57,068 Votes: 41,240 Participation: 72.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 92(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
60
QLP
 3/4 7,929 19.48% -8,070 Winner:
ADQ
 15,999 39.31% Martin Camirand
Eligible: 56,280 Votes: 32,999 Participation: 58.63% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Québec
8 December 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6108(F) — 1 Oct 2022 12:10 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
62
QLP
 2/6 10,691 32.97% -4,340 Winner:
PQ
 15,031 46.35% Marie Malavoy
Eligible: 78,791 Votes: 52,870 Participation: 67.10% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6482(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
64
CPC
 4/6 4,339 8.31% -22,780 Winner:
NDP
 27,119 51.93% Pierre Nantel

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Macleans (14 June 2013), That time a former separatist and Liberal joined the Parole Board		 03 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Richard Bélisle, M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Richard Bélisle, député		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Richard Bélisle		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Bélisle		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 11:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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