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♂ Nunzio Discepola
aliasNick Discepola
Record
16258 · 1093

Italian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 27 November 1949 → 74 years + 5 months ago
Lived 62 years + 11 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 10 months
Death 21 November 2012 → 11 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 4 months after 27 June 2004
Special notes
None
 
Nunzio (Nick) Discepola (1949–2012)
© Photo 1997 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

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

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Meili Faille  f 
 
 
Eligible: 81,844 Votes: 67,085 Participation: 81.97% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3428(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/7 31,148 47.76% +6,010 Loser:
BQ
 25,138 38.55% Mario G. Turbide

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 68,134 Votes: 54,265 Participation: 79.64% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3127(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/6 23,676 45.00% +6,102 Loser:
BQ
 17,574 33.40% René St-Onge

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,800 Votes: 52,394 Participation: 70.05% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2826(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/5 26,292 51.56% +8,705 Loser:
BQ
 17,587 34.49% Éric Cimon

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 84,849 Votes: 56,694 Participation: 66.82% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1246(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/6 21,613 38.80% -3,062 Winner:
BQ
 24,675 44.29% Meili Faille

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Nunzio (Nick) Discepola, M.P.		 08 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Nunzio (Nick) Discepola, député		 08 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nick Discepola		 08 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Nick Discepola		 08 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 22:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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