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♀ Louise Beaudoin
aliasLouise Beaudoin
Record
3333 · 2260

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 3 4 7
Birth 26 September 1945
Age 78 years + 7 months
First mandate 12 September 1994 → 29 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 11 years + 7 months ago (3 September 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Louise Beaudoin (1945– )
© Photo 2010 Richard Houle — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Jacques Flynn (1915–2000) Uncle  
⊖ Auguste Tessier (1853–1938) Great-grandfather  
⊖ Jules Tessier (1852–1934) Great-grand-uncle  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 12 3 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Réjean Doyon  m 
⊖ John Paul L. Harney  m 
⊕ Jean-Claude Rivest  m 
 		 ⊕ Raymond Garneau  m 
⊕ Diane Legault  f 
⊕ Lucienne Robillard  f 
 
Eligible: 33,573 Votes: 29,727 Participation: 88.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4643(F) — 19 Feb 2022 15:57 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
PQ
 2/4 11,532 39.77% -2,807 Winner:
QLP
 14,339 49.46% Raymond Garneau
Eligible: 32,523 Votes: 26,227 Participation: 80.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Québec
30 April 1979
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11310(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
PQ
 2/4 8,977 35.33% -5,737 Winner:
QLP
 14,714 57.90% Jean-Claude Rivest
Eligible: 41,346 Votes: 32,930 Participation: 79.64% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
33		 Québec
2 December 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 1993(F) — 30 Sep 2022 13:19 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
PQ
 2/6 12,279 37.68% -4,634 Winner:
QLP
 16,913 51.90% Réjean Doyon
Eligible: 47,620 Votes: 41,652 Participation: 87.47% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1821(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PQ
 1/5 19,800 48.86% +407 Loser:
QLP
 19,393 47.86% Lucienne Robillard

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,221 Votes: 43,350 Participation: 84.63% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 379(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PQ
 1/7 22,559 52.51% +7,329 Loser:
QLP
 15,230 35.45% Pierre Bourbonnais

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,497 Votes: 42,753 Participation: 78.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 254(F) — 20 Feb 2022 18:19 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
PQ
 2/4 16,857 39.95% -799 Winner:
QLP
 17,656 41.85% Diane Legault
Eligible: 51,903 Votes: 30,450 Participation: 58.67% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Québec
8 December 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6095(F) — 22 Jul 2023 12:41 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
63
PQ
 1/6 15,220 50.66% +5,663 Loser:
QLP
 9,557 31.81% Nathalie Rivard
After her election:
6 Jun 2011 65
PQ
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
3 Apr 2012 66
IND
 →
PQ
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 51,073 Votes: 38,869 Participation: 76.10% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 7028(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PQ
 16,780 43.67% Jean-François Lisée

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Martin Patriquin, Macleans (2 July 2009), Maclean’s Interview: Louise Beaudoin		 11 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Louise Beaudoin		 11 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Louise Beaudoin		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louise Beaudoin		 11 Feb 2024

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