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♀ Ruth Ellen Brosseau
aliasRuth Ellen Brosseau
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 26 April 1984
Age 40 years
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 27 years
 
Mandate ended 4 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2019)
Special notes
None
 
Ruth Ellen Brosseau (1984– )
© Photo 2017 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Brosseau is perhaps the most famous successful Canadian paper candidate so far in the 21st century. So certain was she that she would not win in Berthier—Maskinongé in the 2011 federal election, Brosseau, who was 27 at the time, never visited the riding and even went on vacation to Las Vegas midway through the campaign. But that was around the time NDP leader Jack Layton appeared on the popular TV show, Tout le monde en parle, and charmed the people of Québec. On election night, the NDP won 59 of the province's 75 ridings, including Brosseau's. She served two mandates, losing in 2019 and failing to regain her seat in 2021.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 5 17

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Guy André  m 
⊕ Cate May Burton  f 
 		 ⊕ Francine Gaudet  f 
⊕ Yves Perron  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 90,838 Votes: 57,746 Participation: 63.57% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6455(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
NDP
 1/6 22,403 39.58% +5,735 Loser:
BQ
 16,668 29.45% Guy André

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 82,996 Votes: 55,250 Participation: 66.57% Candidacies: 5
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7540(F) — 28 Mar 2022 21:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
NDP
 1/5 22,942 42.17% +8,905 Loser:
BQ
 14,037 25.80% Yves Perron

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,645 Votes: 57,331 Participation: 67.73% Candidacies: 9
Federal
43		 Québec
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 27037(F) — 22 Sep 2021 10:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
35
NDP
 2/9 19,698 34.95% -1,502 Winner:
BQ
 21,200 37.62% Yves Perron
Eligible: 86,347 Votes: 55,943 Participation: 64.79% Candidacies: 8
Federal
44		 Québec
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36388(F) — 19 May 2022 21:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
37
NDP
 2/8 18,402 33.49% -937 Winner:
BQ
 19,339 35.20% Yves Perron

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Ruth Ellen Brosseau, M.P.		 26 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Ruth Ellen Brosseau, députée		 26 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ruth Ellen Brosseau		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ruth Ellen Brosseau		 26 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Apr 2024 07:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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