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♂ Bernard Cleary
aliasBernard Cleary
Record
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☆   Innu   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 8 May 1937 → 86 years + 11 months ago
Lived 83 years + 2 months
First mandate 28 June 2004 → 19 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 1 month
Death 27 July 2020 → 3 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 6 months after 22 January 2006
Special notes
None
 
Bernard Cleary (1937–2020)
© Photo 2004 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Bloc Québécois candidate in Louis-Saint-Laurent in the 2004 general election, Cleary was the first indigenous person from Quebec elected to the Canadian Parliament. He lost his seat in the following election to his 2004 Conservative rival, Josée Verner.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 1 6 25

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Jean-Guy Carignan  m 
 		 ⊕ Josée Verner  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 77,208 Votes: 45,851 Participation: 59.39% Candidacies: 8
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1212(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
67
BQ
 1/8 17,248 38.44% +3,281 Loser:
CPC
 13,967 31.13% Josée Verner

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,209 Votes: 50,064 Participation: 64.01% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 719(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
68
BQ
 2/6 11,997 24.19% -16,609 Winner:
CPC
 28,606 57.68% Josée Verner

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Bernard Cleary, M.P.		 12 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Bernard Cleary, député		 12 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bernard Cleary		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bernard Cleary		 12 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Feb 2024 19:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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