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♂ Jean Lesage
aliasJean Lesage
Record
35844 · 1884

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Québec 3 0 3
Total 8 0 8
Birth 10 June 1912 → 111 years + 10 months ago
Lived 68 years + 6 months
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 33 years
Death 12 December 1980 → 43 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 7 months after 28 April 1970
Special notes
None
 
Jean Lesage (1912–1980)
© 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
Canada 12 11 28
Québec 9 10 3 Z
TOTAL 22 10 1

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 41 17 Sep 1953 — 15 Dec 1953 0 2 28
2. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 41–45 16 Dec 1953 — 20 Jun 1957 3 6 4
3. QC 25–28
QLP
 1 Party leader 45–57 31 May 1958 — 16 Jan 1970 11 7 16
4. QC 26–27
QLP
 1 Premier 48–53 22 Jun 1960 — 04 Jun 1966 5 11 13
5. QC 28
QLP
 1 Opposition Leader 53–57 05 Jun 1966 — 16 Jan 1970 3 7 11
 1. Resources and Development
 2. Northern Affairs and National Resources

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Louis Fortin  m 
 
 
Eligible: 18,134 Votes: 12,076 Participation: 66.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23311(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 7,327 60.67% +4,299 Loser:
IND
 3,028 25.07% Wilfrid-A. Ringuet

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,434 Votes: 13,299 Participation: 68.43% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23572(F) — 7 Sep 2022 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 10,004 75.92% +7,624 Loser:
PC
 2,380 18.06% Georges-Henri Fafard

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,151 Votes: 15,137 Participation: 75.12% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23878(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 10,121 67.49% +5,245 Loser:
PC
 4,876 32.51% Roger Chamard

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,274 Votes: 16,577 Participation: 81.76% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24164(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 9,772 59.55% +3,135 Loser:
IND
 6,637 40.45% Louis Fortin

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,274 Votes: 16,652 Participation: 82.13% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24430(F) — 28 Jan 2022 17:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 8,689 52.18% +726 Loser:
PC
 7,963 47.82% Denys Dionne
After his election:
13 Jun 1958 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 2 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,274 Votes: 14,312 Participation: 70.59% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Québec
29 September 1958
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24484(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
PC
 7,796 54.47% Louis Fortin
Eligible: 24,524 Votes: 21,346 Participation: 87.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16902(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
48
QLP
 1/3 11,635 55.87% +2,523 Loser:
UN
 9,112 43.75% Paul-É. Vaillancourt

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,755 Votes: 21,845 Participation: 88.24% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 17000(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
QLP
 1/2 14,582 67.91% +7,692 Loser:
UN
 6,890 32.09% Paul-É. Vaillancourt

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,183 Votes: 34,862 Participation: 77.16% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11245(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
QLP
 1/4 22,532 65.70% +14,156 Loser:
UN
 8,376 24.42% Maxime Langlois

Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,048 Votes: 46,369 Participation: 85.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11137(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
QLP
 25,026 54.09% Claude Castonguay

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Jean Lesage		 07 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Jean Lesage		 07 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Jean Lesage, P.C., C.C., M.P.		 07 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Jean Lesage, C.P., C.C., député		 07 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Jean Lesage		 07 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jean Lesage		 07 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jean Lesage		 07 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Mar 2024 19:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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