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♂ Martin Cauchon
aliasMartin Cauchon
Record
10029 · 1073

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 23 August 1962
Age 61 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Martin Cauchon (1962– )
© Photo 2011 Remy Assal — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 8 0

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 36–37
LIB
 1 Minister 36–39 03 Aug 1999 — 14 Jan 2002 2 5 11
2. CA 37
LIB
 1 Minister 39–41 15 Jan 2002 — 11 Dec 2003 1 10 26
3. CA 37
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 39–41 15 Jan 2002 — 11 Dec 2003 1 10 26
 1. National Revenue
 2. Justice and Attorney General
 3. Québec [Without portfolio]

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Tooker Gomberg  m 
⊕ Amir Khadir  m 
⊖ M. Brian Mulroney  m 
 		 ⊖ Jean-Pierre Hogue  m 
⊕ Thomas J. Mulcair  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,143 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3668(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
26
LIB
 2/4 5,994 14.22% -27,736 Winner:
PC
 33,730 80.04% M. Brian Mulroney
Eligible: 60,655 Votes: 47,432 Participation: 78.20% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3403(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 1/8 21,697 47.05% +4,439 Loser:
BQ
 17,258 37.42% Jean-Louis Hérivault

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,703 Votes: 45,669 Participation: 74.01% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3102(F) — 20 Feb 2024 17:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/6 22,271 50.15% +9,663 Loser:
BQ
 12,608 28.39% Michel Sarra-Bournet

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 68,115 Votes: 40,090 Participation: 58.86% Candidacies: 9
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2814(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/9 18,796 47.68% +7,645 Loser:
BQ
 11,151 28.29% Amir Khadir

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 68,855 Votes: 38,645 Participation: 56.13% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1222(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
LIB
 15,675 40.94% Jean-C. Lapierre
Eligible: 65,573 Votes: 39,149 Participation: 59.70% Candidacies: 7
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6494(F) — 2 Feb 2022 13:00 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 2/7 9,204 23.69% -12,702 Winner:
NDP
 21,906 56.37% Thomas J. Mulcair

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Martin Cauchon, P.C., M.P.		 28 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Martin Cauchon, C.P., député		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Martin Cauchon		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Martin Cauchon		 28 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jan 2024 10:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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