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♂ Gérard D. Levesque
aliasGérard D. Levesque
Record
36051 · 1806

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 10 0 10
Birth 2 May 1926 → 97 years + 11 months ago
Lived 67 years + 6 months
First mandate 20 June 1956 → 67 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 1 month
Death 17 November 1993 → 30 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 37 4 19 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 31
QLP
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 50–52 15 Nov 1976 — 30 Apr 1979 2 5 15
2. QC 31
QLP
 1 ✓ Party leader 50–51 19 Nov 1976 — 14 Apr 1978 1 4 26
3. QC 32
QLP
 2 ✓ Party leader 56–57 10 Aug 1982 — 14 Oct 1983 1 2 4
4. QC 32
QLP
 2 ✓ Opposition Leader 56–59 10 Aug 1982 — 03 Jun 1985 2 9 24

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henri Jolicoeur  m 
 
 
Eligible: 19,837 Votes: 16,675 Participation: 84.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16749(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
QLP
 1/2 8,551 52.68% +869 Loser:
UN
 7,682 47.32% Henri Jolicoeur

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,435 Votes: 16,720 Participation: 86.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16843(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
QLP
 1/2 8,513 51.61% +532 Loser:
UN
 7,981 48.39% Léo-Albert Poirier

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,696 Votes: 16,793 Participation: 85.26% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16939(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
QLP
 1/2 9,525 57.28% +2,421 Loser:
UN
 7,104 42.72% Léo-Albert Poirier

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,181 Votes: 18,273 Participation: 78.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11200(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
QLP
 1/2 10,888 60.41% +3,752 Loser:
UN
 7,136 39.59% Réal Labonté

Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,637 Votes: 19,839 Participation: 83.93% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11090(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
QLP
 1/4 11,803 60.39% +6,729 Loser:
UN
 5,074 25.96% Jean-Guy Roussy

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,009 Votes: 18,874 Participation: 78.61% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6728(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
QLP
 1/4 12,936 69.64% +9,482 Loser:
PQ
 3,454 18.59% Nicole Martin

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,265 Votes: 20,433 Participation: 80.87% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4612(F) — 19 Feb 2022 15:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
QLP
 1/4 9,771 48.63% +3,603 Loser:
PQ
 6,168 30.70% Jean-Paul Audet

Service: 4 years 4 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,259 Votes: 21,640 Participation: 79.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2189(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
QLP
 1/3 11,609 53.95% +2,133 Loser:
PQ
 9,476 44.04% Claude Martel

Service: 4 years 7 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,114 Votes: 21,043 Participation: 74.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 1941(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
QLP
 1/3 13,701 65.92% +6,877 Loser:
PQ
 6,824 32.83% James McBrearty

Service: 3 years 9 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,029 Votes: 19,993 Participation: 73.97% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2066(F) — 19 Feb 2022 22:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
QLP
 1/5 11,778 59.65% +6,386 Loser:
PQ
 5,392 27.31% Emmanuel Le Brasseur
After his election:
17 Nov 1993 67
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 1 month 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,689 Votes: 21,834 Participation: 78.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Québec
21 February 1994
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11347(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
67		 Successor:
PQ
 12,087 56.23% Marcel Landry

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Gérard D. Levesque		 09 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gérard D. Levesque		 09 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Gérard D. Levesque		 09 Oct 2023

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