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♂ André-Gilles Fortin
aliasAndré-Gilles Fortin
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 13 November 1943 → 80 years + 5 months ago
Lived 33 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 24 years + 7 months
Death 24 June 1977 → 46 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
André-Gilles Fortin (1943–1977)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, Fortin died in a road accident at the age of 33. He fell asleep at the wheel at the level of the Sault River, which crosses Québec Highway 20 at the height of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 11 27

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 30
SC
 1 Party leader 33 17 Dec 1976 — 24 Jun 1977 0 6 7

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel Boulanger  m 
⊖ Jean-Luc Pépin  m 
 		 ⊖ Gérard Ouellet  m 
 
Eligible: 48,784 Votes: 39,191 Participation: 80.34% Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25217(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
21
RC
 2/5 8,518 21.93% -6,661 Winner:
LIB
 15,179 39.08% Jean-Luc Pépin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,992 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10091(F) — 28 Jun 2023 13:03 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
24
RC
 1/4 11,302 37.68% +1,559 Loser:
LIB
 9,743 32.49% Fernand Beaudet
After his election:
1 Apr 1971 27
RC
 →
SC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,273 Votes: 35,460 Participation: 80.09% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10341(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
28
SC
 1/3 21,366 60.25% +11,530 Loser:
LIB
 9,836 27.74% Henri Brunelle

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,948 Votes: 36,505 Participation: 77.76% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10605(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
SC
 1/4 21,448 60.13% +10,563 Loser:
LIB
 10,885 30.52% Normand Bégin
After his election:
24 Jun 1977 33
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,948 Votes: 36,131 Participation: 76.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10903(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
33		 Successor:
SC
 16,358 45.27% Richard Janelle

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
André-Gilles Fortin, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
André-Gilles Fortin, député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
André-Gilles Fortin		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
André-Gilles Fortin		 25 Feb 2024

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