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♂ Ian Watson
aliasIan Watson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 1 8
Birth 10 April 1934 → 90 years ago
Lived 88 years + 11 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 27 days ago
↳ at age 28 years + 11 months
Death 2 April 2023 → 1 year + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 6 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Ian Watson (1934–2023)
© 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 21 4 21

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Ricardo López  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,937 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24943(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
28
LIB
 1/4 10,746 46.85% +3,820 Loser:
PC
 6,926 30.20% Raymond-J. Bériault

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,707 Votes: 23,268 Participation: 60.11% Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25212(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/5 14,222 62.32% +9,563 Loser:
PC
 4,659 20.41% Robert J. Clarke

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,123 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10085(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/4 31,968 75.89% +26,652 Loser:
PC
 5,316 12.62% H.-René Laberge

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,571 Votes: 60,217 Participation: 75.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10335(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/4 34,557 61.40% +25,410 Loser:
PC
 9,147 16.25% Robert-F. Nelson

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 89,276 Votes: 60,419 Participation: 67.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10599(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 35,276 61.83% +22,509 Loser:
PC
 12,767 22.38% Georges Brossard

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,595 Votes: 40,562 Participation: 71.67% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4525(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/6 27,485 67.76% +21,576 Loser:
PC
 5,909 14.57% Yves Longtin

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,595 Votes: 37,323 Participation: 65.95% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4243(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/6 27,152 74.15% +22,949 Loser:
NDP
 4,203 11.48% William W. Evans

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,044 Votes: 46,688 Participation: 72.90% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/6 17,313 37.84% -4,005 Winner:
PC
 21,318 46.59% Ricardo López

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ian Watson		 12 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ian Watson		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ian Watson (politician)		 12 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ian Watson (député canadien)		 12 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Feb 2024 21:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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