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♂ Ghislain Maltais
aliasGhislain Maltais
Record
39015 · 2122

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Québec 3 1 4
Total 3 2 5
Birth 22 April 1944
Age 80 years
First mandate 20 June 1983 → 40 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 29 years + 7 months ago (11 September 1994)
Special notes
None
 
Ghislain Maltais (1944– )
© Photo 2017 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Québec (2012–2019)
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 11 2 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gérard Asselin  m 
⊖ Pierre-Willie Maltais  m 
 		 ⊕ Lucien Lessard  m 
 
Eligible: 34,277 Votes: 25,856 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2272(F) — 19 Feb 2022 17:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
QLP
 2/3 8,139 31.74% -8,930 Winner:
PQ
 17,069 66.56% Lucien Lessard
Eligible: 35,366 Votes: 21,945 Participation: 62.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Québec
20 June 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11322(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
QLP
 1/4 9,375 43.33% +3,245 Loser:
PQ
 6,130 28.33% Johanne Isabel

Service: 2 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,500 Votes: 23,599 Participation: 66.48% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2027(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
QLP
 1/5 11,270 48.36% +161 Loser:
PQ
 11,109 47.67% Pierre Michaud

Service: 3 years 9 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,756 Votes: 21,885 Participation: 64.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2152(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
QLP
 1/3 9,273 43.45% +502 Loser:
PQ
 8,771 41.10% Carol Guay

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,344 Votes: 25,614 Participation: 72.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1902(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
PQ
 14,439 57.44% Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon
Eligible: 58,730 Votes: 37,666 Participation: 64.13% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3073(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 2/4 9,838 26.93% -9,954 Winner:
BQ
 19,792 54.18% Gérard Asselin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Ghislain Maltais, Senator		 22 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Ghislain Maltais, sénateur		 22 Apr 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Ghislain Maltais		 22 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ghislain Maltais		 22 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ghislain Maltais		 22 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Apr 2024 07:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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