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♂ Paul Bégin
aliasPaul Bégin
Record
3663 · 2280

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 2 0 2
Birth 15 May 1943
Age 80 years + 11 months
First mandate 12 September 1994 → 29 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 21 years + 15 days ago (13 April 2003)
Special notes
None
 
Paul Bégin (1943– )
© Photo 2020 Richard Aubry — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 8 6 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ André Arthur  m 
 
 
Eligible: 38,649 Votes: 33,183 Participation: 85.86% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1868(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PQ
 1/7 12,905 39.37% +3,441 Loser:
IND
 9,464 28.87% André Arthur

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,064 Votes: 32,402 Participation: 80.88% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 427(F) — 22 Jul 2023 12:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PQ
 1/6 14,805 46.13% +1,838 Loser:
QLP
 12,967 40.40% Pierre Boulanger
After his election:
28 Oct 2002 59
PQ
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,013 Votes: 40,573 Participation: 81.12% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 302(F) — 13 Jun 2022 17:40 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
QLP
 17,938 44.53% Sam Hamad

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Paul Bégin		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Bégin		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Bégin		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 18:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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