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♂ Gilbert Parent
aliasGilbert Parent
Record
48011 · 1368

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 25 July 1935 → 88 years + 9 months ago
Lived 73 years + 7 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 11 months
Death 3 March 2009 → 15 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 3 months after 26 November 2000
Special notes
None
 
Gilbert Parent (1935–2009)
© Photo 2000 www.kremlin.ru — licensed under CC BY 4.0
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 22 1 28

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 35–36
LIB
 1 Speaker 58–65 25 Oct 1993 — 26 Nov 2000 7 1 1

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊖ J. Trevor Morgan  m 
⊖ William E. Stewart  m 
 		 ⊖ Allan E. Pietz  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 68,509 Votes: 49,011 Participation: 71.54% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10541(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 1/6 22,528 46.24% +6,126 Loser:
PC
 16,402 33.67% J. Trevor Morgan

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,200 Votes: 43,066 Participation: 75.29% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4495(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/6 16,025 37.21% +498 Loser:
PC
 15,527 36.05% Allan E. Pietz

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,200 Votes: 41,536 Participation: 72.62% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4213(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/5 18,112 43.85% +6,383 Loser:
NDP
 11,729 28.40% Robert Wright

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,091 Votes: 44,265 Participation: 77.53% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3932(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/5 14,481 33.03% -3,937 Winner:
PC
 18,418 42.02% Allan E. Pietz
Eligible: inc. Votes: 47,212 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3637(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 1/6 17,878 37.87% +1,591 Loser:
PC
 16,287 34.50% Allan E. Pietz

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 72,936 Votes: 47,795 Participation: 65.53% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3332(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/7 25,533 53.98% +13,632 Loser:
REF
 11,901 25.16% Don Johnstone

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,052 Votes: 48,891 Participation: 65.14% Candidacies: 7
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2999(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/7 24,115 49.70% +12,062 Loser:
REF
 12,053 24.84% Don Johnstone

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,670 Votes: 47,607 Participation: 61.29% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2704(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 21,641 45.74% Anthony Tirabassi

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Gilbert Parent, P.C., M.P.		 30 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Gilbert Parent, C.P., député		 30 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gilbert Parent		 30 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gilbert Parent		 30 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jan 2024 20:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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