Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Gilles Marceau
aliasGilles Marceau
Record
39210 · 207

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 83%
 
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 27 September 1928 → 95 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 8 months
Death 19 April 2008 → 16 years ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 7 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Gilles Marceau (1928–2008)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 16 2 5

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
Jean-Pierre Blackburn  m 
 
Raymond Langlois  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,141 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28
Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10084(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
1/4 11,821 47.02% +3,744 Loser:
PC
8,077 32.13% Alphonse Laliberté

Service:
4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,330 Votes: 31,590 Participation: 74.63% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29
Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10334(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
1/4 16,423 57.66% +9,489 Loser:
SC
6,934 24.34% Raymond Langlois

Service:
1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,524 Votes: 28,756 Participation: 64.59% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30
Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10598(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
1/5 16,673 61.90% +10,207 Loser:
SC
6,466 24.01% François Rondeau

Service:
4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,952 Votes: 35,030 Participation: 73.05% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31
Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4537(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
1/6 21,969 62.71% +14,373 Loser:
SC
7,596 21.68% Jean Maurice Colombe

Service:
8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 47,952 Votes: 30,191 Participation: 62.96% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32
Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4255(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
1/6 22,202 75.02% +17,758 Loser:
NDP
4,444 15.02% Jacques Hubert

Service:
4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,512 Votes: 36,957 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33
Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3973(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
2/5 14,088 38.39% -4,129 Winner:
PC
18,217 49.64% Jean-Pierre Blackburn

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gilles Marceau, Q.C., M.P.
25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gilles Marceau, c.r., député
25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gilles Marceau
25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gilles Marceau
25 Feb 2024


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