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♂ Mauril Adrien Jules Bélanger
aliasMauril Bélanger
Record
3786 · 1301

☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Birth 15 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
Lived 61 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 February 1995 → 29 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 7 months
Death 15 August 2016 → 7 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Mauril Adrien Jules Bélanger (1955–2016)
© Photo 2006 Earl Andrew — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
After the 2015 election, Bélanger, a Liberal MP for 21 years, submitted his name for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons, but withdrew on November 30 after he had received a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was made honorary speaker for one day on March 9, 2016 – a first in Parliament – and presided over the proceedings with an iPad app that produced a computerized voice. He submitted a bill to make the English version of O Canada gender-neutral by changing the line "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command," but he did not live to see his bill receive royal assent.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 21 5 24

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 38
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 49 20 Jul 2004 — 16 May 2005 0 9 26
 1. Associate Minister [National Defence]

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Frank De Jong  m 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 		 ⊕ David W. Piccini  m 
⊕ Raymond J. Turmel  m 
 
Eligible: 78,617 Votes: 19,843 Participation: 25.24% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
13 February 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10845(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 1/9 11,918 60.06% +7,884 Loser:
REF
 4,034 20.33% Kevin Gaudet

Service: 2 years 3 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,179 Votes: 50,250 Participation: 66.84% Candidacies: 8
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3011(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/8 30,728 61.87% +23,974 Loser:
PC
 6,754 13.60% Luc E. Barrick

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 85,051 Votes: 48,433 Participation: 56.95% Candidacies: 9
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2663(F) — 21 Jul 2022 22:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/9 26,749 55.56% +19,149 Loser:
CA
 7,600 15.79% Nestor Gayowsky

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 82,810 Votes: 53,197 Participation: 64.24% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1129(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 25,952 49.17% +13,183 Loser:
CPC
 12,769 24.19% Kevin Friday

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 81,885 Votes: 56,053 Participation: 68.45% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 819(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/6 23,567 42.31% +7,597 Loser:
CPC
 15,970 28.67% Paul Benoit

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,373 Votes: 52,112 Participation: 64.04% Candidacies: 7
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5861(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/7 23,948 46.20% +9,810 Loser:
CPC
 14,138 27.28% Patrick Glémaud

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,309 Votes: 52,738 Participation: 66.50% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6401(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/5 20,009 38.17% +4,618 Loser:
NDP
 15,391 29.36% Trevor Haché

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 86,591 Votes: 63,773 Participation: 73.65% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7486(F) — 3 Feb 2022 07:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/6 36,474 57.57% +24,280 Loser:
NDP
 12,194 19.25% Emilie Taman
After his election:
15 Aug 2016 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 9 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 86,404 Votes: 29,779 Participation: 34.46% Candidacies: 7
Federal
42		 Ontario
3 April 2017
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10789(F) — 14 May 2023 22:14 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 15,195 51.33% Mona N. Fortier

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Mauril Bélanger		 23 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Mauril Bélanger		 23 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Mauril Bélanger, P.C., M.P.		 23 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Mauril Bélanger, C.P., député		 23 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mauril Bélanger		 23 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Mauril Bélanger		 23 Apr 2024

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