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♂ David Payne
aliasDavid Payne
Record
48583 · 2139

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 3 2 5
Birth 12 January 1944
Age 80 years + 3 months
First mandate 13 April 1981 → 43 years + 15 days ago
↳ at age 37 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 21 years + 15 days ago (13 April 2003)
Special notes
None
 
David Payne (1944– )
© Photo National Assembly, Québec — 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
Québec 13 2 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Christiane Pelchat  f  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 37,053 Votes: 30,974 Participation: 83.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2291(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
PQ
 1/3 17,671 57.85% +5,699 Loser:
QLP
 11,972 39.20% Jacques Roy

Service: 4 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,153 Votes: 32,927 Participation: 76.30% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2044(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
PQ
 2/4 15,169 46.87% -842 Winner:
QLP
 16,011 49.47% Christiane Pelchat
Eligible: 47,360 Votes: 34,955 Participation: 73.81% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2169(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
45
PQ
 2/7 15,354 45.16% -114 Winner:
QLP
 15,468 45.50% Christiane Pelchat
Eligible: 39,122 Votes: 33,010 Participation: 84.38% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1919(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
PQ
 1/6 15,685 48.86% +3,531 Loser:
QLP
 12,154 37.86% André Nadeau

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,239 Votes: 34,571 Participation: 81.85% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 478(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PQ
 1/5 16,993 49.75% +5,238 Loser:
QLP
 11,755 34.41% Sophie Joncas

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,012 Votes: 32,529 Participation: 73.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 353(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
PQ
 12,960 40.45% Camil Bouchard

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
David Payne		 31 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Payne (politician)		 31 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
David Payne (homme politique)		 31 Mar 2024

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