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♂ Francis Dufour
aliasFrancis Dufour
Record
17400 · 2172

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 3 1 4
Birth 28 March 1929 → 95 years ago
Lived 91 years + 1 month
First mandate 2 December 1985 → 38 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 8 months
Death 25 May 2020 → 3 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 4 months after 15 January 1996
Special notes
None
 
Francis Dufour (1929–2020)
© Photo National Assembly, Québec — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 10 1 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Gérald Harvey  m 
 		 ⊕ Aline Saint-Amand  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 38,117 Votes: 32,131 Participation: 84.30% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Québec
29 October 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6760(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
PQ
 2/4 12,850 40.63% -4,135 Winner:
QLP
 16,985 53.71% Gérald Harvey
Eligible: 42,864 Votes: 34,231 Participation: 79.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 1977(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
PQ
 1/4 17,741 52.51% +3,611 Loser:
QLP
 14,130 41.82% Aline Saint-Amand

Service: 3 years 9 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,502 Votes: 31,607 Participation: 76.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2102(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PQ
 1/3 17,294 56.05% +5,505 Loser:
QLP
 11,789 38.21% Aline Saint-Amand

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,921 Votes: 33,551 Participation: 80.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1852(F) — 20 Feb 2022 14:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PQ
 1/3 22,598 69.43% +13,895 Loser:
QLP
 8,703 26.74% Stéphane Dallaire
After his election:
15 Jan 1996 66
PQ
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 year 4 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,614 Votes: 26,602 Participation: 60.99% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
35		 Québec
19 February 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11345(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:38 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PQ
 24,900 94.82% Lucien Bouchard

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Francis Dufour		 01 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Francis Dufour		 01 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Francis Dufour		 01 Mar 2024

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