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♂ Albert Béchard
aliasAlbert Béchard
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 18 November 1922 → 101 years + 5 months ago
Lived 79 years + 5 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 7 months
Death 28 April 2002 → 22 years ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 11 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 

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 16 10 27

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Lucien Grenier  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,870 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24672(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 7,559 44.81% +1,273 Loser:
PC
 6,286 37.26% Lucien Grenier

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,179 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24936(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 9,092 56.20% +4,790 Loser:
SC
 4,302 26.59% Gérard Bernard

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,971 Votes: 16,441 Participation: 78.40% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25205(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/4 8,985 55.45% +2,749 Loser:
PC
 6,236 38.48% Aurèle Lévesque

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,020 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10061(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/5 10,144 53.33% +5,904 Loser:
RC
 4,240 22.29% Gérard Audet

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,039 Votes: 22,643 Participation: 70.67% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10311(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 12,213 53.94% +7,105 Loser:
PC
 5,108 22.56% Gérard-Raymond Blais

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,376 Votes: 21,867 Participation: 65.52% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10575(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 12,977 61.29% +6,093 Loser:
PC
 6,884 32.51% Gérard-Raymond Blais

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,422 Votes: 28,932 Participation: 71.57% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4518(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 15,777 54.53% J.R. Rémi Bujold

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Albert Béchard, M.P.		 22 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Albert Béchard, député		 22 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Albert Béchard		 22 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Albert Béchard		 22 Sep 2023

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