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♂ Lucien Lessard
aliasLucien Lessard
Record
35915 · 1969

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 1 5
Birth 22 February 1938
Age 86 years + 2 months
First mandate 29 April 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 41 years + 5 months ago (9 November 1982)
Special notes
None
 
Lucien Lessard (1938– )
© 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 12 6 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Ghislain Maltais  m 
 		 ⊖ Pierre-Willie Maltais  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 36,600 Votes: 23,546 Participation: 64.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11273(F) — 19 Feb 2022 12:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
28
RN
 3/4 2,444 10.57% -8,293 Winner:
QLP
 10,737 46.43% Pierre-Willie Maltais
Eligible: 34,154 Votes: 28,072 Participation: 82.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11166(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PQ
 1/4 12,392 44.77% +2,248 Loser:
QLP
 10,144 36.65% Pierre-Willie Maltais

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,044 Votes: 20,247 Participation: 72.20% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6804(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PQ
 1/5 10,226 51.14% +2,293 Loser:
QLP
 7,933 39.67% Claude Perreault

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,276 Votes: 22,975 Participation: 78.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4695(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PQ
 1/4 15,491 69.16% +11,212 Loser:
QLP
 4,279 19.10% Jean-Guy Tremblay

Service: 4 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,277 Votes: 25,856 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2272(F) — 19 Feb 2022 17:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PQ
 1/3 17,069 66.56% +8,930 Loser:
QLP
 8,139 31.74% Ghislain Maltais
After his election:
9 Nov 1982 44
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,366 Votes: 21,945 Participation: 62.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Québec
20 June 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11322(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
QLP
 9,375 43.33% Ghislain Maltais

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Lucien Lessard		 22 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lucien Lessard		 22 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Lucien Lessard		 22 Feb 2024

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