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♀ Raymonde Folco
aliasRaymonde Folco
Record
20230 · 1107

☆   Born in France    Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 16 March 1940
Age 84 years + 1 month
First mandate 2 June 1997 → 26 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 11 months ago (1 May 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Raymonde Folco (1940– )
© Photo 2009 Martin C. Barry — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Born to a Jewish family in Paris in 1940, Folco survived the Holocaust by being hidden with Christian families outside the city, while her parents faught in the French Resistance.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 10 24

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Maud Debien  f 
⊕ Michael M. Fortier  m 
⊕ Leonidas Housakos  m 
 		 ⊕ Vincent Della Noce  m 
⊕ Alain Giguère  m 
 
Eligible: 75,536 Votes: 62,535 Participation: 82.79% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3392(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 2/7 16,270 26.84% -15,221 Winner:
BQ
 31,491 51.94% Maud Debien
Eligible: 84,109 Votes: 66,528 Participation: 79.10% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3092(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 31,566 48.90% +12,019 Loser:
BQ
 19,547 30.28% Sylvain Gauthier

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 93,243 Votes: 63,429 Participation: 68.03% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2809(F) — 1 Dec 2022 07:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/7 31,758 51.30% +11,783 Loser:
BQ
 19,975 32.27% Manon Sauvé

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 82,511 Votes: 51,027 Participation: 61.84% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1208(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/7 23,985 47.86% +5,388 Loser:
BQ
 18,597 37.11% Micaël Poirier

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 84,662 Votes: 53,735 Participation: 63.47% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 714(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/6 20,849 39.32% +3,312 Loser:
BQ
 17,537 33.07% Christiane Pichette

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 87,749 Votes: 54,133 Participation: 61.69% Candidacies: 6
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5940(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/6 21,603 40.45% +9,027 Loser:
BQ
 12,576 23.55% Mohamedali Jetha

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 92,755 Votes: 54,651 Participation: 58.92% Candidacies: 7
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6480(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
NDP
 25,703 47.64% François Pilon

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mrs. Raymonde Folco, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Raymonde Folco, députée		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Raymonde Folco		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Raymonde Folco		 16 Mar 2024

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