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♂ Bernard Drainville
aliasBernard Drainville
Record
16959 · 2331

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Québec
Government
 Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 1 6
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 6 June 1963
Age 60 years + 10 months
First mandate 26 March 2007 → 17 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Bernard Drainville (1963– )
© Photo 2015 FloeePlouffe — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 9 9 Z

Electoral history

Races * 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Simon Jolin-Barrette  m 
 		 ⊕ Nic Leblanc  m 
 
Eligible: 41,242 Votes: 28,269 Participation: 68.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 70(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PQ
 1/6 11,055 39.61% +3,128 Loser:
ADQ
 7,927 28.40% Roger Dagenais

Service: 1 year 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,858 Votes: 21,772 Participation: 53.29% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Québec
8 December 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6065(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PQ
 1/6 11,026 51.56% +4,841 Loser:
QLP
 6,185 28.92% Isabelle Mercille

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,478 Votes: 33,407 Participation: 71.88% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 6998(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PQ
 1/8 15,506 47.10% +8,387 Loser:
CAQ
 7,119 21.63% Simon Jolin-Barrette

Service: 1 year 7 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,770 Votes: 31,020 Participation: 66.32% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
41		 Québec
7 April 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 7122(F) — 20 Feb 2022 20:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PQ
 1/8 11,614 38.17% +3,688 Loser:
QLP
 7,926 26.05% Jean-Guy Tremblay
After his election:
13 Jun 2016 53
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 2 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 47,267 Votes: 12,152 Participation: 25.71% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
41		 Québec
5 December 2016
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 10919(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PQ
 6,302 52.49% Catherine Fournier
Eligible: 50,875 Votes: 37,508 Participation: 73.73% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
43		 Québec
3 October 2022
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CAQ  Majority
ID: 38842(F) — 4 Oct 2022 23:59 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
59
CAQ
 1/7 18,051 48.79% +10,374 Loser:
CPQ
 7,677 20.75% Karine Laflamme

Service: 1 year 6 months 24 days (Gov't)
Lévis
Post-dated race
Provincial
44		 Québec
5 October 2026
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 39730(P) — 4 Apr 2024 23:03 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
63
CAQ
 2/5   30.19%   Winner:
PQ

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Bernard Drainville		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bernard Drainville		 11 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bernard Drainville		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Apr 2024 23:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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