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♂ Gaston Blackburn
aliasGaston Blackburn
Record
5155 · 2198

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 2 0 2
Birth 26 January 1942
Age 82 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 June 1988 → 35 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 29 years + 7 months ago (11 September 1994)
Special notes
None
 
Gaston Blackburn (1942– )
© Photo National Assembly, Québec — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Karl Blackburn (1967–) Son  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 6 2 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 40,490 Votes: 26,272 Participation: 64.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Québec
20 June 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11337(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
QLP
 1/4 16,152 62.02% +6,796 Loser:
PQ
 9,356 35.92% Bernard Généreux

Service: 1 year 3 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,671 Votes: 28,544 Participation: 71.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2148(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
QLP
 1/3 14,931 53.31% +2,507 Loser:
PQ
 12,424 44.36% Bernard Généreux

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,215 Votes: 30,974 Participation: 75.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1898(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
PQ
 18,281 60.08% Benoît Laprise

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Gaston Blackburn		 26 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gaston Blackburn		 26 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gaston Blackburn		 26 Jan 2024

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