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♂ François Gendron
aliasFrançois Gendron
Record
22507 · 2008

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 11 0 11
Birth 3 November 1944
Age 79 years + 5 months
First mandate 15 November 1976 → 47 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years
 
Mandate ended 5 years + 6 months ago (30 September 2018)
Special notes
None
 
François Gendron (1944– )
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Elected for the first time in 1976 as part of the first Parti Québécois government, Gendron was re-elected 10 times as the MNA for Abitibi-Ouest until choosing to retire in 2018 at age 73. He served as an MNA for 41 years and 5 months.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 41 10 4 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 38
PQ
 1 ✓ Party leader 62 08 May 2007 — 25 Jun 2007 0 1 17
2. QC 38
PQ
 1 ✓ Speaker 63–64 21 Oct 2008 — 07 Dec 2008 0 1 16

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Jean-Hugues Boutin  m 
 
 
Eligible: 29,357 Votes: 23,654 Participation: 80.57% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4602(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PQ
 1/4 8,533 36.51% +1,224 Loser:
SCRQ
 7,309 31.27% Roger Bureau

Service: 4 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,218 Votes: 24,790 Participation: 79.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2179(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PQ
 1/3 16,033 65.14% +8,384 Loser:
QLP
 7,649 31.08% Claire Labrèche

Service: 4 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,000 Votes: 19,996 Participation: 62.49% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 1929(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PQ
 1/4 10,859 54.64% +2,345 Loser:
QLP
 8,514 42.84% Jocelyn Carrier

Service: 3 years 9 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,377 Votes: 23,637 Participation: 73.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2054(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PQ
 1/2 15,588 67.40% +8,047 Loser:
QLP
 7,541 32.60% Marcel Lesyk

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,416 Votes: 23,932 Participation: 73.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1804(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PQ
 1/2 17,391 74.37% +11,398 Loser:
QLP
 5,993 25.63% Rodolphe Corriveau

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,663 Votes: 25,043 Participation: 74.39% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 362(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PQ
 1/4 14,733 59.48% +7,400 Loser:
QLP
 7,333 29.60% Martin Veilleux

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,352 Votes: 21,603 Participation: 66.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 237(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PQ
 1/3 9,677 45.44% +1,717 Loser:
QLP
 7,960 37.37% Jean-Louis Carignan

Service: 3 years 11 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,391 Votes: 22,918 Participation: 70.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 2(F) — 20 Feb 2022 18:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PQ
 1/4 10,983 48.38% +5,454 Loser:
ADQ
 5,529 24.35% Éric Mathieu

Service: 1 year 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,854 Votes: 18,745 Participation: 57.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Québec
8 December 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 5997(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PQ
 1/4 10,597 57.32% +5,280 Loser:
QLP
 5,317 28.76% Claude N. Morin

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,106 Votes: 23,798 Participation: 67.79% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 6930(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
PQ
 1/5 12,066 51.39% +7,307 Loser:
CAQ
 4,759 20.27% Sébastien D'Astous

Service: 1 year 7 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,382 Votes: 22,415 Participation: 63.35% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 Québec
7 April 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 7055(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
PQ
 1/5 9,267 42.22% +1,652 Loser:
QLP
 7,615 34.70% Serge Bastien

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,339 Votes: 22,881 Participation: 64.75% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
42		 Québec
1 October 2018
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CAQ  Majority
ID: 11763(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
CAQ
 7,680 34.12% Suzanne Blais

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
François Gendron		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
François Gendron		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
François Gendron (homme politique)		 25 Feb 2024

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