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♂ C. René Lévesque
aliasC. René Lévesque
Record
36087 · 1878

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 2 7
Birth 24 August 1922 → 101 years + 8 months ago
Lived 65 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 June 1960 → 63 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 9 months
Death 1 November 1987 → 36 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 1 month after 29 September 1985
Special notes
None
 
C. René Lévesque (1922–1987)
© Photo National Assembly, Québec — Fair trade
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
Québec 18 8 16 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 28–32
PQ
 1 Party leader 46–63 14 Oct 1968 — 28 Sep 1985 16 11 14
2. QC 31–32
PQ
 1 Premier 54–63 15 Nov 1976 — 02 Oct 1985 8 10 17

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Mario Beaulieu  m 
⊖ Alfred Bossé  m 
⊖ H.-Georges Grenier  m 
 		 ⊖ Andrée Bertrand-Ferretti  f 
⊖ Arsène Gagné  m 
⊖ André Marchand  m 
 
Eligible: 38,087 Votes: 30,207 Participation: 79.31% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16884(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
QLP
 1/4 14,012 47.83% +129 Loser:
UN
 13,883 47.39% Arsène Gagné

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,136 Votes: 27,612 Participation: 76.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16982(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
QLP
 1/3 15,837 58.16% +4,563 Loser:
UN
 11,274 41.41% Mario Beaulieu

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,456 Votes: 27,344 Participation: 62.92% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11239(F) — 21 Jul 2023 23:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
QLP
 1/5 15,012 56.61% +6,754 Loser:
UN
 8,258 31.14% Jacques Desjardins
After his election:
1 Nov 1967 45
QLP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
14 Oct 1968 46
IND
 →
PQ
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,963 Votes: 36,600 Participation: 83.25% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11131(F) — 8 Sep 2021 23:39 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
47
PQ
 2/4 13,603 38.08% -4,331 Winner:
QLP
 17,934 50.20% André Marchand
Eligible: 36,712 Votes: 29,100 Participation: 79.27% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6742(F) — 1 Oct 2022 15:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
51
PQ
 2/5 13,356 46.66% -293 Winner:
QLP
 13,649 47.68% Alfred Bossé
Eligible: 65,384 Votes: 55,784 Participation: 85.32% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4709(F) — 8 Sep 2021 23:41 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
54
PQ
 1/5 34,098 62.65% +22,345 Loser:
QLP
 11,753 21.59% Fernand Blanchard

Service: 4 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,598 Votes: 32,262 Participation: 83.58% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2286(F) — 19 Feb 2022 17:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
PQ
 1/7 21,535 67.59% +12,035 Loser:
QLP
 9,500 29.82% Lawrence R. Wilson
After his election:
29 Sep 1985 63
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,183 Votes: 30,716 Participation: 72.82% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2039(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
PQ
 15,154 50.48% Claude Filion

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
René Lévesque		 12 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
René Lévesque		 12 Feb 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Lévesque, René		 12 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Lévesque, René		 12 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
René Lévesque		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
René Lévesque		 12 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
René Lévesque		 12 Feb 2024

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