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♂ Denis Blanchette
aliasDenis Blanchette
Record
5346 · 1224

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 4 5
Québec 0 1 1
Total 1 5 6
Birth 4 September 1956
Age 67 years + 7 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Denis Blanchette (1956– )
© Photo 2015 Asclepias — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

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

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 41
NDPQ
 1 Party leader 60–61 01 May 2017 — 20 Jan 2018 0 8 19

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
8 documented challengers
⊕ Roger Clavet  m 
⊕ Luc Harvey  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Pascal-Pierre Paillé  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Hélène C. Scherrer  f 
 		 ⊕ Geneviève Guilbault  f 
⊕ Joël Lightbound  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Pierre Paul-Hus  m 
⊕ Alex Tyrrell  m 
 
Eligible: 82,671 Votes: 59,395 Participation: 71.85% Candidacies: 8
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 718(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
49
NDP
 4/8 5,351 9.07% -14,981 Winner:
CPC
 20,332 34.47% Luc Harvey
Eligible: 83,272 Votes: 58,529 Participation: 70.29% Candidacies: 6
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5945(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
52
NDP
 4/6 5,403 9.33% -15,589 Winner:
BQ
 20,992 36.23% Pascal-Pierre Paillé
Eligible: 82,760 Votes: 61,105 Participation: 73.83% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6485(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
NDP
 1/6 23,373 38.65% +8,733 Loser:
BQ
 14,640 24.21% Pascal-Pierre Paillé

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,376 Votes: 62,371 Participation: 76.65% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7570(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
NDP
 3/6 12,850 20.81% -8,666 Winner:
LIB
 21,516 34.85% Joël Lightbound
Eligible: 45,540 Votes: 23,880 Participation: 52.44% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
41		 Québec
2 October 2017
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11755(F) — 9 Nov 2022 08:06 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
61
NDPQ
 7/10 319 1.35% -11,772 Winner:
CAQ
 12,091 51.04% Geneviève Guilbault
Eligible: 81,932 Votes: 60,661 Participation: 74.04% Candidacies: 6
Federal
44		 Québec
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36416(F) — 19 May 2022 21:33 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
65
GRN
 5/6 1,573 2.63% -21,360 Winner:
LIB
 22,933 38.35% Joël Lightbound

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Denis Blanchette, M.P.		 29 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Denis Blanchette, député		 29 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Denis Blanchette		 29 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Denis Blanchette		 29 Jan 2024

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