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♂ Marcel Lussier
aliasMarcel Lussier
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Québec 0 1 1
Total 1 4 5
Birth 30 June 1944
Age 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 23 January 2006 → 18 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 15 years + 6 months ago (13 October 2008)
Special notes
None
 
Marcel Lussier (1944– )
© Photo 2006 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Lussier has had more luck in life than in politics. The Québec sovereignist ran five times but won only once, sitting two-and-a-half years in Parliament. But a few days before his 78th birthday in June 2022, he won $70 million in Loto-Québec's Lotto-Max.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 8 20

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Fatima Houda-Pepin  f 
⊕ Alexandra Mendès  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Hoang Mai  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Jacques Saada  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 50,437 Votes: 35,285 Participation: 69.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 291(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
58
PQ
 2/4 7,934 22.72% -14,540 Winner:
QLP
 22,474 64.36% Fatima Houda-Pepin
Eligible: 83,766 Votes: 53,314 Participation: 63.65% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1186(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
59
BQ
 2/6 21,596 41.04% -2,559 Winner:
LIB
 24,155 45.90% Jacques Saada
Eligible: 86,808 Votes: 58,211 Participation: 67.06% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 692(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
BQ
 1/6 21,433 37.17% +1,243 Loser:
LIB
 20,190 35.01% Jacques Saada

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 91,662 Votes: 59,187 Participation: 64.57% Candidacies: 6
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5918(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
BQ
 2/6 19,034 32.47% -69 Winner:
LIB
 19,103 32.59% Alexandra Mendès
Eligible: 96,795 Votes: 62,763 Participation: 64.84% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6458(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
66
BQ
 3/6 10,890 17.51% -14,622 Winner:
NDP
 25,512 41.02% Hoang Mai

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Marcel Lussier, M.P.		 28 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Marcel Lussier, député		 28 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Marcel Lussier		 28 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Marcel Lussier		 28 Feb 2024

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