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♂ Paul Gérin-Lajoie
aliasPaul Gérin-Lajoie
Record
22618 · 1931

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 3 2 5
Birth 23 February 1920 → 104 years + 2 months ago
Lived 98 years + 4 months
First mandate 22 June 1960 → 63 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 3 months
Death 25 June 2018 → 5 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 49 years + 5 days after 20 June 1969
Special notes
None
 
Paul Gérin-Lajoie (1920–2018)
© Photo 2011–18 Charles Audet / ActualtésUQAM — 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 8 11 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte  m 
 		 ⊖ Loyola Schmidt  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 17,663 Votes: 15,179 Participation: 85.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16827(F) — 19 Feb 2022 00:52 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
QLP
 2/3 7,311 48.54% -370 Winner:
UN
 7,681 51.00% Joseph-Édouard Jeannotte
Eligible: 17,663 Votes: 15,420 Participation: 87.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Québec
18 September 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 26424(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
QLP
 2/3 7,344 47.63% -666 Winner:
UN
 8,010 51.95% Loyola Schmidt
Eligible: 20,012 Votes: 18,180 Participation: 90.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16922(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
QLP
 1/2 9,051 50.41% +149 Loser:
UN
 8,902 49.59% Loyola Schmidt

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,975 Votes: 18,972 Participation: 90.45% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 17020(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
QLP
 1/2 10,780 57.49% +2,809 Loser:
UN
 7,971 42.51% Loyola Schmidt

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,878 Votes: 21,193 Participation: 81.90% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11292(F) — 19 Feb 2022 13:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
QLP
 1/5 11,120 53.17% +2,630 Loser:
UN
 8,490 40.60% Aimé Grandmaison
After his election:
20 Jun 1969 49
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,044 Votes: 12,618 Participation: 46.66% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Québec
8 October 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11304(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
UN
 8,075 68.51% Francis-Édouard Belliveau

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Paul Gérin-Lajoie		 30 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Paul Gérin-Lajoie		 30 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Paul Gérin-Lajoie		 30 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Gérin-Lajoie		 30 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Gérin-Lajoie		 30 Mar 2024

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