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♂ Joseph-Roland Comtois
aliasJoseph-Roland Comtois
Record
12105 · 245

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 64%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 3 10
Québec 0 1 1
Total 7 4 11
Birth 3 March 1929 → 95 years + 2 months ago
Lived 91 years + 7 months
First mandate 8 November 1965 → 58 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 8 months
Death 31 October 2020 → 3 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 1 month after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Roland Comtois (1929–2020)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 18 2 22

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Michel Côté  m 
⊖ Jacques Parizeau  m 
⊕ Robert Toupin  m 
 		 ⊖ Roch La Salle  m 
⊖ Louis-Joseph Pigeon  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 36,911 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24691(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 2/4 12,172 32.98% -5,428 Winner:
PC
 17,600 47.68% Louis-Joseph Pigeon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 37,834 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24955(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 2/4 12,299 32.51% -3,804 Winner:
PC
 16,103 42.56% Louis-Joseph Pigeon
Eligible: 59,084 Votes: 38,815 Participation: 65.69% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25224(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 1/4 15,221 39.87% +178 Loser:
PC
 15,043 39.40% Roch La Salle

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,172 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10122(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/5 21,191 62.01% +14,257 Loser:
PC
 6,934 20.29% Jacques Vachon

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,552 Votes: 52,971 Participation: 72.02% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10372(F) — 11 Jan 2022 20:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 24,928 47.06% +11,792 Loser:
SC
 13,136 24.80% Guy Meunier

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 83,020 Votes: 55,124 Participation: 66.40% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10636(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/6 28,652 56.14% +18,755 Loser:
PC
 9,897 19.39% Gilles Mélançon
After his election:
25 Oct 1976 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran provincially
Service: 2 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,464 Votes: 49,495 Participation: 89.24% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Québec
15 November 1976
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 4650(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
47
QLP
 2/5 12,010 24.74% -14,439 Winner:
PQ
 26,449 54.49% Jacques Parizeau
Eligible: 83,020 Votes: 45,401 Participation: 54.69% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Québec
24 May 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10889(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/7 25,006 55.08% +9,467 Loser:
PC
 15,539 34.23% Roger Delorme

Service: 1 year 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,910 Votes: 55,927 Participation: 69.99% Candidacies: 8
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4581(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/8 34,839 62.29% +24,600 Loser:
SC
 10,239 18.31% Georgette Grenier

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,910 Votes: 53,598 Participation: 67.07% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4299(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/7 36,089 68.27% +29,172 Loser:
NDP
 6,917 13.09% Gilles Bertrand

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 99,162 Votes: 74,302 Participation: 74.93% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4017(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/5 19,040 26.20% -24,782 Winner:
PC
 43,822 60.30% Robert Toupin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Roland Comtois, M.P.		 07 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Roland Comtois, député		 07 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Roland Comtois		 07 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph-Roland Comtois		 07 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Mar 2024 20:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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