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♂ J. Robert Bourassa
aliasJ. Robert Bourassa
Record
6338 · 1889

Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 6 2 8
Birth 14 July 1933 → 90 years + 9 months ago
Lived 63 years + 2 months
First mandate 5 June 1966 → 57 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
Death 2 October 1996 → 27 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 21 days after 11 September 1994
Special notes
None
 
J. Robert Bourassa (1933–1996)
© Photo Thomas Kierans — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Claude Simard (1938–2016) Brother-in-law
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 19 6 26 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 28–30
QLP
 1 Party leader 36–43 17 Jan 1970 — 18 Nov 1976 6 10 1
2. QC 28
QLP
 1 Opposition Leader 36 17 Jan 1970 — 28 Apr 1970 0 3 11
3. QC 29–30
QLP
 1 Premier 36–43 29 Apr 1970 — 14 Nov 1976 6 6 16
4. QC 32–34
QLP
 2 Party leader 50–60 15 Oct 1983 — 10 Jan 1994 10 2 26
5. QC 32
QLP
 2 Opposition Leader 51–52 04 Jun 1985 — 01 Dec 1985 0 5 27
6. QC 33–34
QLP
 2 Premier 52–60 02 Dec 1985 — 10 Jan 1994 8 1 8

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Pierre Bourgault  m 
⊕ Henri-François Gautrin  m 
⊖ Francine Lalonde  f 
⊕ Jean-Guy Parent  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert A. Cruise  m 
⊖ Gérald Godin  m 
⊖ Louis O'Neill  m 
⊖ Gilles Rhéaume  m 
 
Eligible: 44,155 Votes: 27,115 Participation: 61.41% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11252(F) — 19 Feb 2022 12:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
QLP
 1/5 11,759 44.27% +518 Loser:
UN
 11,241 42.32% Conrad Touchette

Service: 3 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,255 Votes: 33,730 Participation: 79.82% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11144(F) — 25 Sep 2022 20:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
36
QLP
 1/5 15,337 46.65% +3,061 Loser:
PQ
 12,276 37.34% Pierre Bourgault

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,662 Votes: 26,770 Participation: 75.07% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6782(F) — 1 Oct 2022 15:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
QLP
 1/8 13,757 52.87% +2,880 Loser:
PQ
 10,877 41.81% Louis O'Neill

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,070 Votes: 27,038 Participation: 81.76% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4672(F) — 30 Sep 2022 12:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
43
QLP
 2/8 9,714 37.11% -3,736 Winner:
PQ
 13,450 51.38% Gérald Godin
Eligible: 39,776 Votes: 27,290 Participation: 68.61% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
32		 Québec
3 June 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11330(F) — 20 Apr 2024 10:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
51
QLP
 1/7 15,490 57.97% +5,273 Loser:
PQ
 10,217 38.23% Francine Lalonde

Service: 5 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,704 Votes: 35,614 Participation: 87.50% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 1939(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
52
QLP
 2/6 16,952 48.24% -229 Winner:
PQ
 17,181 48.89% Jean-Guy Parent
Eligible: 42,514 Votes: 19,638 Participation: 46.19% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
33		 Québec
20 January 1986
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11334(F) — 1 Oct 2022 11:40 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
52
QLP
 1/10 16,020 82.70% +14,319 Loser:
NPDQ
 1,701 8.78% Sid Ingerman

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,745 Votes: 30,199 Participation: 74.12% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2157(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
QLP
 1/8 15,493 52.13% +8,392 Loser:
EP
 7,101 23.89% Ciro P. Scotti

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,530 Votes: 33,983 Participation: 81.83% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1907(F) — 26 May 2023 10:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
QLP
 25,711 76.73% Normand Cherry

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Encyclopedia.com, Robert Bourassa		 13 Feb 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Robert Bourassa		 13 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Robert Bourassa		 13 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Robert Bourassa		 13 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Robert Bourassa		 13 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Bourassa		 13 Feb 2024

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