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♂ Alain Giguère
aliasAlain Giguère
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 9%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 8 9
Québec 0 2 2
Total 1 10 11
Birth 24 October 1958
Age 65 years + 6 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Alain Giguère (1958– )
© Photo 2011 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A person who has never been elected and has run ten times or more at the federal or provincial level is considered in PoliCan an extreme perennial candidate. An NDP candidate in several Québec ridings since 1984, Giguère narrowly escapes this definition, for although he has run 11 times so far, he rode the orange wave in the 2011 federal election and got elected once in Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. That makes him a one-hit wonder.
 

Length of Service in elected office

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

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
13 documented challengers
⊕ Ramez Ayoub  m 
⊕ Gilbert Chartrand  m 
⊕ Raymonde Folco  f 
⊖ Aurélien Gill  m 
⊖ Roma Hains  m 
⊖ Gilles Rhéaume  m 
⊕ Christopher Skeete  m 
 		 ⊕ Jean-Pierre Bélisle  m 
⊖ Nicole Demers  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Michel Gauthier  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Jean Habel  m 
⊖ Francine Lalonde  f 
⊖ Pierre R. Savard  m 
 
Eligible: 54,048 Votes: 40,626 Participation: 75.17% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4021(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
25
NDP
 3/6 3,912 9.80% -13,466 Winner:
PC
 17,378 43.52% Gilbert Chartrand
Eligible: 37,806 Votes: 26,407 Participation: 69.85% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2046(F) — 22 Jul 2023 11:21 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
27
NPDQ
 3/6 602 2.33% -14,045 Winner:
QLP
 14,647 56.73% Roma Hains
Eligible: 49,583 Votes: 35,121 Participation: 70.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3414(F) — 18 Nov 2022 00:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
35
NDP
 4/4 500 1.49% -19,609 Winner:
BQ
 20,109 59.96% Michel Gauthier
Eligible: 51,844 Votes: 32,135 Participation: 61.98% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3113(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
NDP
 4/4 412 1.32% -15,795 Winner:
BQ
 16,207 52.10% Michel Gauthier
Eligible: 54,041 Votes: 31,547 Participation: 58.38% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2788(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
42
NDP
 5/5 437 1.42% -16,491 Winner:
BQ
 16,928 55.06% Michel Gauthier
Eligible: 80,503 Votes: 49,951 Participation: 62.05% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1207(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
NDP
 4/6 1,998 4.10% -22,427 Winner:
BQ
 24,425 50.09% Nicole Demers
Eligible: 84,662 Votes: 53,735 Participation: 63.47% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 714(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
47
NDP
 4/6 3,817 7.20% -17,032 Winner:
LIB
 20,849 39.32% Raymonde Folco
Eligible: 82,362 Votes: 51,262 Participation: 62.24% Candidacies: 6
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5939(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
49
NDP
 4/6 6,289 12.46% -12,796 Winner:
BQ
 19,085 37.80% Nicole Demers
Eligible: 87,923 Votes: 59,339 Participation: 67.49% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6487(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
NDP
 1/5 29,107 49.68% +13,637 Loser:
BQ
 15,470 26.40% Marie-France Charbonneau

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,440 Votes: 57,255 Participation: 72.07% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7601(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
NDP
 3/6 14,022 24.93% -4,259 Winner:
LIB
 18,281 32.50% Ramez Ayoub
Eligible: 53,080 Votes: 37,163 Participation: 70.01% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
42		 Québec
1 October 2018
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CAQ  Majority
ID: 11870(F) — 30 Sep 2022 10:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
59
NDPQ
 7/8 250 0.68% -13,241 Winner:
CAQ
 13,491 36.84% Christopher Skeete

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Alain Giguère, M.P.		 13 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Alain Giguère, député		 13 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alain Giguère		 13 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Alain Giguère		 13 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Feb 2024 21:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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