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♂ Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
aliasJean Chrétien
Record
11019 · 238

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 12 0 12
Birth 11 January 1934
Age 90 years + 3 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 19 days ago
↳ at age 29 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (1934– )
© Photo Office of the Prime Minister — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 36 4 28

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 33–34 04 Apr 1967 — 17 Jan 1968 0 9 13
2. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 34 18 Jan 1968 — 05 Jul 1968 0 5 17
3. CA 28–29
LIB
 1 Minister 34–40 06 Jul 1968 — 07 Aug 1974 6 1 1
4. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 40–42 08 Aug 1974 — 13 Sep 1976 2 1 5
5. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 42–43 14 Sep 1976 — 15 Sep 1977 1 0 1
6. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 43–45 16 Sep 1977 — 03 Jun 1979 1 8 18
7. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 46–48 03 Mar 1980 — 09 Sep 1982 2 6 6
8. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 46–48 03 Mar 1980 — 09 Sep 1982 2 6 6
9. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 48–50 10 Sep 1982 — 29 Jun 1984 1 9 19
10. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 50 30 Jun 1984 — 03 Sep 1984 0 2 4
11. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 50 30 Jun 1984 — 16 Sep 1984 0 2 17
12. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 50 30 Jun 1984 — 16 Sep 1984 0 2 17
13. CA 34–37
LIB
 1 Party leader 56–69 23 Jun 1990 — 13 Nov 2003 13 4 21
14. CA 34
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 56–59 21 Dec 1990 — 03 Nov 1993 2 10 13
15. CA 35–37
LIB
 1 Prime Minister 59–69 04 Nov 1993 — 11 Dec 2003 10 1 7
 1. Without portfolio
 2. National Revenue
 3. Indian Affairs and Northern Development
 4. President [Treasury Board]
 5. Industry, Trade and Commerce
 6. Finance
 7. Justice and Attorney General
 8. Social Development
 9. Energy, Mines and Resources
10. Deputy Prime Minister [Privy Council]
11. External Affairs
12. Francophonie [External Affairs]

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 14  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Robert Deschamps  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Gérard Lamy  m 
 		 ⊕ Yves Duhaime  m 
⊕ Jean-Guy Mercier  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,773 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24995(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
LIB
 1/4 16,358 45.73% +1,944 Loser:
SC
 14,414 40.29% Gérard Lamy

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,121 Votes: 32,970 Participation: 74.73% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25264(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/4 14,395 44.15% +6,966 Loser:
RC
 7,429 22.78% Alphonse Poulin

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,213 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10116(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/4 13,895 44.52% +1,697 Loser:
RC
 12,198 39.08% Alphonse Poulin

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,471 Votes: 35,014 Participation: 77.00% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10365(F) — 26 Feb 2023 17:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/5 19,840 56.66% +8,477 Loser:
SC
 11,363 32.45% Guy Germain

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,117 Votes: 33,009 Participation: 70.06% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10630(F) — 26 Feb 2023 17:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/5 20,465 65.26% +14,994 Loser:
SC
 5,471 17.45% Antonio Genest

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,669 Votes: 38,338 Participation: 74.20% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4576(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/6 27,243 71.06% +20,406 Loser:
SC
 6,837 17.83% Pierre-André Hamel

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 51,669 Votes: 36,090 Participation: 69.85% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4294(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/7 27,356 76.70% +24,840 Loser:
PC
 2,516 7.05% R. Armand Charbonneau

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,622 Votes: 41,411 Participation: 78.70% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4013(F) — 30 Jan 2022 15:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 24,050 58.88% +9,582 Loser:
PC
 14,468 35.42% R. Armand Charbonneau
After his election:
27 Feb 1986 52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,622 Votes: 33,290 Participation: 63.26% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Québec
29 September 1986
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10862(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 19,608 58.90% Gilles Grondin
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,684 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 New Brunswick
10 December 1990
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10859(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
56
LIB
 1/6 17,332 51.45% +4,745 Loser:
NDP
 12,587 37.37% Guy Cormier

Service: 2 years 10 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,307 Votes: 47,622 Participation: 83.10% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3422(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
59
LIB
 1/5 25,200 54.06% +6,304 Loser:
BQ
 18,896 40.54% Claude Rompré

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,134 Votes: 49,089 Participation: 80.30% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3121(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
63
LIB
 1/4 22,266 47.30% +1,602 Loser:
BQ
 20,664 43.89% Yves Duhaime

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,810 Votes: 44,815 Participation: 72.50% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2790(F) — 1 Feb 2022 20:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
66
LIB
 1/6 23,345 54.07% +6,524 Loser:
BQ
 16,821 38.96% François Marchand

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 80,188 Votes: 48,245 Participation: 60.16% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1241(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
BQ
 25,918 55.29% Marcel Gagnon

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Jean Chrétien		 10 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Jean Chrétien		 10 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, P.C., Q.C., C.C., O.M., M.P.		 10 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, C.P., c.r., C.C., O.M., député		 10 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jean Chrétien		 10 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jean Chrétien		 10 Apr 2024

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