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♂ Michel Després
aliasMichel Després
Record
15699 · 2179

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 1 5
Birth 14 October 1957
Age 66 years + 6 months
First mandate 2 December 1985 → 38 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 17 years + 1 month ago (25 March 2007)
Special notes
None
 
Michel Després (1957– )
© Photo Michel Després / LinkedIn — 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 17 1 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Jean-François Gosselin  m 
⊕ Christian Simard  m 
 		 ⊕ Michel Rivard  m 
 
Eligible: 37,876 Votes: 28,232 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 1991(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
QLP
 1/6 16,822 60.54% +8,483 Loser:
PQ
 8,339 30.01% Léopold Fournier

Service: 3 years 9 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,815 Votes: 28,920 Participation: 74.51% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2116(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
QLP
 1/6 15,671 55.50% +5,876 Loser:
PQ
 9,795 34.69% Gilles Grenier

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,877 Votes: 34,732 Participation: 79.16% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1866(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
PQ
 15,092 44.42% Michel Rivard
Eligible: 44,378 Votes: 33,380 Participation: 75.22% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 407(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
41
QLP
 1/7 13,929 42.34% +1,298 Loser:
PQ
 12,631 38.40% Michel Rivard

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,205 Votes: 35,358 Participation: 71.86% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 282(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
QLP
 1/6 15,463 44.22% +6,099 Loser:
PQ
 9,364 26.78% Robert Caron

Service: 3 years 11 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,319 Votes: 35,103 Participation: 72.65% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 47(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
QLP
 2/8 10,185 29.28% -3,680 Winner:
ADQ
 13,865 39.86% Jean-François Gosselin

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Michel Després		 07 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Michel Després		 07 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Michel Després		 07 Mar 2024

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