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♂ Gaston Clermont
aliasGaston Clermont
Record
11538 · 197

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 5 December 1913 → 110 years + 4 months ago
Lived 91 years + 1 month
First mandate 31 October 1960 → 63 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 10 months
Death 12 January 2005 → 19 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 7 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 

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 15 11 12

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gilles Caouette  m 
⊖ Gérard Girouard  m 
 		 ⊖ Marcellin Clément  m 
 
Eligible: 21,460 Votes: 16,775 Participation: 78.17% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Québec
31 October 1960
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24492(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 9,540 56.87% +2,305 Loser:
PC
 7,235 43.13% Paul-Émile Lesage

Service: 1 year 7 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,123 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24693(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 6,218 34.31% +111 Loser:
PC
 6,107 33.70% Paul-Émile Lesage

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,332 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24957(F) — 28 Jun 2023 12:33 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/4 6,632 38.26% -319 Winner:
SC
 6,951 40.11% Gérard Girouard
Eligible: 22,103 Votes: 15,815 Participation: 71.55% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25226(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 6,554 42.03% +2,857 Loser:
RC
 3,697 23.71% Gilles Caouette

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,803 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10074(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/4 14,348 53.53% +6,767 Loser:
PC
 7,581 28.28% Lévis Larocque

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,975 Votes: 31,573 Participation: 64.47% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10324(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 15,894 50.34% +6,425 Loser:
SC
 9,469 29.99% Jean-Paul Descoeurs

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,833 Votes: 33,404 Participation: 62.05% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10588(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/4 19,513 60.15% +12,308 Loser:
SC
 7,205 22.21% Marcellin Clément

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,195 Votes: 47,622 Participation: 71.94% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4533(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 34,234 71.89% René Cousineau

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gaston Clermont, M.P.		 29 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gaston Clermont, député		 29 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gaston Clermont		 29 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Gaston Clermont		 29 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Sep 2023 22:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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