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♂ Jean Alfred
aliasJean Alfred
Record
501 · 2075

☆   Haitian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 1 2 3
Birth 10 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 4 months
First mandate 15 November 1976 → 47 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 8 months
Death 20 July 2015 → 8 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 3 months after 12 April 1981
Special notes
None
 
Jean Alfred (1940–2015)
© Photo Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
The one-term PQ MNA for Papineau (1976–1981) was the first Black member of the Quebec National Assembly. It was the first and only time that the Parti Québécois won that riding.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 4 4 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ John J. Kehoe  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 46,626 Votes: 37,091 Participation: 79.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4682(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PQ
 1/5 12,967 36.32% +67 Loser:
QLP
 12,900 36.13% Normand Racicot

Service: 4 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,937 Votes: 28,989 Participation: 76.41% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2195(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
PQ
 2/4 12,880 44.80% -2,484 Winner:
QLP
 15,364 53.44% John J. Kehoe
Eligible: 45,405 Votes: 28,993 Participation: 63.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2073(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
PQ
 2/2 12,615 44.76% -2,954 Winner:
QLP
 15,569 55.24% John J. Kehoe

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Jean Alfred		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jean Alfred		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jean Alfred		 03 Feb 2024

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