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♂ Pierre Laporte
aliasPierre Laporte
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 1 5
Birth 25 February 1921 → 103 years + 2 months ago
Lived 49 years + 7 months
First mandate 14 December 1961 → 62 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 9 months
Death 17 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Pierre Laporte (1921–1970)
© Photo 1965 — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Guy Leduc (1928–2011) Cousin  
⊖ Joseph Alfred Leduc (1868–1957) Grandfather  
 
Well that's interesting!
Laporte's name is forever associated to the 1970 October Crisis. On October 10, the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the Liberal labour minister; his body was found in Saint-Hubert on October 17. He was 49.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 8 9 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Arsène Gagné  m 
⊕ Pierre Marois  m 
 		 ⊖ H.-Georges Grenier  m 
 
Eligible: 41,696 Votes: 28,576 Participation: 68.53% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16789(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
IND
 2/4 9,663 33.94% -7,491 Winner:
UN
 17,154 60.26% Arsène Gagné
Eligible: 67,080 Votes: 25,509 Participation: 38.03% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Québec
14 December 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 17456(F) — 1 Oct 2022 08:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
QLP
 1/5 22,537 88.35% +21,308 Loser:
ILIB
 1,229 4.82% Robert Meunier

Service: 10 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,185 Votes: 57,807 Participation: 76.89% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16942(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
QLP
 1/5 36,290 63.83% +17,094 Loser:
UN
 19,196 33.76% Jos.-René-Jean Bruneau

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,614 Votes: 32,484 Participation: 68.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11204(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
QLP
 1/4 19,183 60.51% +10,976 Loser:
UN
 8,207 25.89% Benoît Francoeur

Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,892 Votes: 45,292 Participation: 85.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11094(F) — 19 Feb 2022 14:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
QLP
 1/4 25,641 56.74% +11,273 Loser:
PQ
 14,368 31.80% Pierre Marois
After his election:
17 Oct 1970 49
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,795 Votes: 36,001 Participation: 68.19% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
29		 Québec
8 February 1971
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11305(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
49		 Successor:
QLP
 22,647 64.57% Jean Cournoyer

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
CBC Digital Archives, Labour minister found dead		 04 Mar 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Pierre Laporte		 04 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Laporte, Pierre		 04 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Pierre Laporte		 04 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pierre Laporte		 04 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Pierre Laporte		 04 Mar 2024

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