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♀ Nycole Turmel
aliasNycole Turmel
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 1 September 1942
Age 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 68 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Nycole Turmel (1942– )
© Photo 2011 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Turmel is the first and only non-Liberal to have represented Hull—(Aylmer) federally since the riding was created in 1917. During her single mandate (2011–2015), she served as the interim leader of the NDP following the death of Jack Layton.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 5 16

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 41
NDP
 1 ✓ Party leader 68–69 28 Jul 2011 — 23 Mar 2012 0 7 24
2. CA 41
NDP
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 68–69 23 Aug 2011 — 23 Mar 2012 0 7 0

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Gregory C. Fergus  m 
 		 ⊕ Marcel Proulx  m 
 
Eligible: 91,958 Votes: 59,802 Participation: 65.03% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6470(F) — 2 Feb 2022 12:52 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
68
NDP
 1/5 35,194 59.20% +23,143 Loser:
LIB
 12,051 20.27% Marcel Proulx

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,329 Votes: 55,831 Participation: 70.38% Candidacies: 8
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7555(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
73
NDP
 2/8 17,472 31.52% -11,006 Winner:
LIB
 28,478 51.37% Gregory C. Fergus

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mrs. Nycole Turmel, M.P.		 28 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Nycole Turmel, députée		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Nycole Turmel		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nycole Turmel		 28 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jan 2024 22:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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