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♂ Paul Biron
aliasPaul Biron
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Québec 0 8 8
Total 0 10 10
Birth c. 1933 → 91 years ago
Lived ± 82 years
First run 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 25 years
Death 1 March 2015 → 9 years + 2 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Paul Biron (c.1933–2015)
© Photo 2015 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Rodrigue Biron (1934–) Brother  
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 39–41
QCDP
 1 Party leader 77–82 21 Dec 2010 — 01 Mar 2015 4 2 8

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
16 documented challengers
⊕ Yv Bonnier Viger  m 
⊕ Linda Goupil  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Luc Harvey  m 
⊕ Gilles Lehouillier  m 
⊕ Sylvain Lévesque  m 
⊖ Jean-Marie Morin  m 
⊖ Jean-Guy Paré  m 
⊖ Sylvie Roy  f 
 		 ⊕ Christian Dubé  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Raynald J.A. Guay  m 
⊕ Sylvain Légaré  m 
⊕ Christian Lévesque  m 
⊕ Pauline Marois  f 
⊖ Raymond O'Hurley  m 
⊖ J.-Aurélien Roy  m 
⊕ Carole Théberge  f 
 
Eligible: 18,419 Votes: 16,042 Participation: 87.09% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24424(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±25
LIB
 2/2 6,432 40.09% -3,178 Winner:
PC
 9,610 59.91% Raymond O'Hurley
Eligible: 38,577 Votes: 33,772 Participation: 87.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11129(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±37
PQ
 4/4 4,470 13.56% -5,798 Winner:
SCRQ
 10,268 31.14% J.-Aurélien Roy
Eligible: 74,633 Votes: 54,456 Participation: 72.97% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4548(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±46
UP
 5/6 841 1.54% -30,912 Winner:
LIB
 31,753 58.31% Raynald J.A. Guay
Eligible: 39,803 Votes: 31,809 Participation: 79.92% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 425(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±65
PSD
 4/6 196 0.62% -15,277 Winner:
PQ
 15,473 49.10% Linda Goupil
Eligible: 33,161 Votes: 25,724 Participation: 77.57% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 301(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±70
QCDP
 6/6 150 0.59% -9,372 Winner:
ADQ
 9,522 37.45% Sylvie Roy
Eligible: 50,547 Votes: 24,037 Participation: 47.55% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
37		 Québec
20 September 2004
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11373(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±71
QCDP
 6/9 112 0.47% -11,052 Winner:
ADQ
 11,164 46.78% Sylvain Légaré
Eligible: 49,997 Votes: 39,664 Participation: 79.33% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 65(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±74
QCDP
 6/7 127 0.32% -17,261 Winner:
ADQ
 17,388 44.14% Christian Lévesque
Eligible: 33,174 Votes: 19,419 Participation: 58.54% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
38		 Québec
24 September 2007
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 11379(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±74
QCDP
 4/7 135 0.70% -11,265 Winner:
PQ
 11,400 59.20% Pauline Marois
Eligible: 46,455 Votes: 36,862 Participation: 79.35% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 6993(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±79
NUP
 10/10 75 0.21% -14,453 Winner:
CAQ
 14,528 39.87% Christian Dubé
Eligible: 46,785 Votes: 35,292 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
41		 Québec
7 April 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 7118(F) — 14 Sep 2022 00:25 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±81
NUP
 7/7 107 0.31% -14,024 Winner:
CAQ
 14,131 40.49% Christian Dubé

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
FR Non-standard link
Patricia Cloutier, Le Soleil (1 avril 2014), Paul Biron: chef de parti... à 81 ans		 29 Jan 2024
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Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie, Fiche: Paul Biron		 29 Jan 2024

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