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♂ Benoît Sauvageau
aliasBenoît Sauvageau
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 22 November 1963 → 60 years + 5 months ago
Lived 42 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 11 months
Death 28 August 2006 → 17 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Benoît Sauvageau (1963–2006)
© Photo 2006 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
The Bloc Québécois MP died in a car accident while on his way to a constituency event. Some early media reports suggested his wife had called 9-1-1 because he had allegedly threatened to commit suicide before leaving their home, but a coroner's report in August 2007 confirmed that Sauvageau had been distracted by his cellphone when, for no apparent reason, his car crashed into the back of a tow truck that was stopped on the side of the road.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 12 9 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Lévis Brien  m 
 		 ⊕ Jean-Marc Robitaille  m 
 
Eligible: 111,511 Votes: 88,233 Participation: 79.12% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3426(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
BQ
 1/5 58,030 68.87% +42,928 Loser:
LIB
 15,102 17.92% Claire Brouillet

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,686 Votes: 62,453 Participation: 73.75% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3109(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
BQ
 1/4 33,283 56.29% +20,788 Loser:
LIB
 12,495 21.13% Robert Tranchemontagne

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 95,534 Votes: 60,701 Participation: 63.54% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2817(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
BQ
 1/6 33,627 57.80% +17,992 Loser:
LIB
 15,635 26.88% David Veillette

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,617 Votes: 52,457 Participation: 64.27% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1228(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
BQ
 1/6 35,907 70.06% +26,554 Loser:
LIB
 9,353 18.25% Lévis Brien

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,312 Votes: 56,873 Participation: 67.46% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 734(F) — 1 Feb 2022 22:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
BQ
 1/5 34,958 62.42% +24,834 Loser:
CPC
 10,124 18.08% Claude Jr. Lafortune
After his election:
28 Aug 2006 42
BQ
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 7 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 85,366 Votes: 31,636 Participation: 37.06% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 Québec
27 November 2006
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 10821(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
42		 Successor:
BQ
 20,635 66.26% Raymond Gravel

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Benoît Sauvageau, M.P.		 30 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Benoît Sauvageau, député		 30 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Benoît Sauvageau		 30 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Benoît Sauvageau		 30 Jan 2024

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