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♂ Marcel Lessard
aliasMarcel Lessard
Record
35917 · 203

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 14 August 1926 → 97 years + 8 months ago
Lived 97 years + 3 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 10 months
Death 19 November 2023 → 5 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 9 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
Marcel Lessard (1926–2023)
© Photo Lesy3605 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 0 9

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J.A. Roger Parizeau  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Alcide Simard  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,037 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24694(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
SC
 1/4 10,743 56.43% +6,725 Loser:
LIB
 4,018 21.11% Benoît Caron

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,434 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24958(F) — 29 Jan 2022 11:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
SC
 1/4 9,318 50.55% +3,099 Loser:
LIB
 6,219 33.74% Réal Harvey

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,547 Votes: 17,906 Participation: 83.10% Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25227(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
IND
 3/5 4,736 26.72% -906 Winner:
RC
 5,642 31.83% Joseph Alcide Simard
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,119 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10081(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
41
LIB
 1/4 9,325 46.35% +895 Loser:
RC
 8,430 41.90% Joseph Alcide Simard

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,298 Votes: 25,459 Participation: 78.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10330(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/4 11,165 46.90% +4,091 Loser:
PC
 7,074 29.72% Gilles Guay

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,618 Votes: 24,483 Participation: 72.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10594(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/4 11,162 47.93% +5,033 Loser:
PC
 6,129 26.32% Gilles Guay

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,447 Votes: 36,089 Participation: 71.54% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4541(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/6 18,978 52.59% +7,930 Loser:
SC
 11,048 30.61% Philippe-Augustin Bouchard

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,447 Votes: 34,105 Participation: 67.61% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4259(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 21,267 63.35% Pierre J.J.G.A. Gimaïel

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Marcel Lessard, P.C., M.P.		 24 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Marcel Lessard, C.P., député		 24 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Marcel Lessard		 24 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Marcel Lessard		 24 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Jan 2024 20:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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