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♂ Gérard Shanks
aliasGérard Shanks
Record
56147 · 1970

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 2 0 2
Birth 15 November 1923 → 100 years + 5 months ago
Lived 76 years + 11 months
First mandate 29 April 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 5 months
Death 8 November 2000 → 23 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 11 months after 14 November 1976
Special notes
None
 
Gérard Shanks (1923–2000)
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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 6 6 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Philippe Lalonde  m 
⊕ Matthias Rioux  m 
 		 ⊖ Camille (Carmine) Martellani  m 
 
Eligible: 39,220 Votes: 30,168 Participation: 76.92% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11168(F) — 18 Dec 2022 18:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
QLP
 1/6 14,096 46.88% +2,701 Loser:
PQ
 11,395 37.90% Éloi Gendron

Service: 3 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,745 Votes: 28,781 Participation: 78.33% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6806(F) — 22 Jul 2023 11:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
QLP
 1/5 14,877 52.72% +3,548 Loser:
PQ
 11,329 40.15% Matthias Rioux
After his election:
29 Jul 1975 51
QLP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,409 Votes: 30,505 Participation: 83.78% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4697(F) — 19 Feb 2022 16:39 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PQ
 14,246 47.72% Jacques Couture

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Gérard Shanks		 14 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Feb 2024 16:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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