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♂ D. Réal Caouette
aliasD. Réal Caouette
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 54%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 4 11
Québec 0 2 2
Total 7 6 13
Birth 26 September 1917 → 106 years + 7 months ago
Lived 59 years + 2 months
First mandate 16 September 1946 → 77 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 11 months
Death 16 December 1976 → 47 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
D. Réal Caouette (1917–1976)
© Photo 1945 Arthur Roy — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Armand Caouette (1945–2010) Nephew  
⊖ Gilles Caouette (1940–2009) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 17 3 3

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 22
RC
 1 Party leader 40–53 04 May 1958 — 31 Mar 1971 12 10 27
2. CA 28–30
SC
 1 Party leader 54–59 09 Oct 1971 — 16 Dec 1976 5 2 7

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 14  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Thérèse F. Casgrain  f 
⊖ Émile Lesage  m 
⊖ Jacques Miquelon  m 
 		 ⊖ Armand Dumas  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Wallace R. McDonald  m 
 
Eligible: 11,250 Votes: 9,677 Participation: 86.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16550(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
26
UE
 3/4 1,828 19.03% -1,901 Winner:
UN
 3,729 38.82% Émile Lesage
Eligible: 44,387 Votes: 32,199 Participation: 72.54% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23314(F) — 27 Jan 2022 12:52 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
27
SC
 3/5 5,852 18.17% -7,473 Winner:
LIB
 13,325 41.38% Wallace R. McDonald
Eligible: 44,387 Votes: 31,825 Participation: 71.70% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Québec
16 September 1946
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23365(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
28
SC
 1/5 11,412 35.86% +1,033 Loser:
LIB
 10,379 32.61% Lucien Labelle

Service: 2 years 9 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,127 Votes: 26,128 Participation: 78.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23602(F) — 10 Sep 2021 20:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
UE
 2/5 10,980 42.35% -2,617 Winner:
LIB
 13,597 52.44% Armand Dumas
Eligible: 32,424 Votes: 26,363 Participation: 81.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16740(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
38
QLP
 2/3 11,767 45.44% -2,200 Winner:
UN
 13,967 53.94% Jacques Miquelon
Eligible: 34,494 Votes: 26,202 Participation: 75.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24198(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
39
CE
 2/4 8,129 31.26% -1,764 Winner:
LIB
 9,893 38.05% Armand Dumas
Eligible: 34,494 Votes: 28,851 Participation: 83.64% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24464(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:30 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
40
CE
 3/4 8,276 28.69% -1,826 Winner:
LIB
 10,102 35.01% Armand Dumas
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,275 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24741(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
44
SC
 1/4 21,022 67.22% +14,191 Loser:
LIB
 6,831 21.84% Lucien-Denis Pilon

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,880 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25005(F) — 28 Jun 2023 12:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
SC
 1/4 18,096 60.56% +10,826 Loser:
LIB
 7,270 24.33% Stephen Cuddihy
After his election:
2 Sep 1963 45
SC
 →
RC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,584 Votes: 28,972 Participation: 79.19% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25274(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
RC
 1/4 19,839 69.23% +14,442 Loser:
LIB
 5,397 18.83% Joseph Morin

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,465 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10120(F) — 28 Jun 2023 13:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
RC
 1/4 12,532 58.38% +5,929 Loser:
LIB
 6,603 30.76% Côme-A. Lapierre
After his election:
1 Apr 1971 53
RC
 →
SC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,019 Votes: 24,771 Participation: 79.86% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10370(F) — 26 Feb 2023 17:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
55
SC
 1/5 15,660 63.22% +8,929 Loser:
LIB
 6,731 27.17% Jacquelin Bergeron

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,226 Votes: 22,911 Participation: 71.09% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10635(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
SC
 1/4 14,026 63.91% +7,630 Loser:
LIB
 6,396 29.14% Jacquelin Bergeron
After his election:
16 Dec 1976 59
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 5 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,226 Votes: 21,033 Participation: 65.27% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
24 May 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10888(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:23 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
59		 Successor:
SC
 9,603 45.66% Gilles Caouette

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Réal Caouette		 04 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Caouette, Joseph-David-Réal		 04 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
David Réal Caouette, M.P.		 04 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
David Réal Caouette, député		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Réal Caouette		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Réal Caouette		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 21:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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