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♂ Bernard Valcourt
aliasBernard Valcourt
Record
62657 · 455

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
New Brunswick 1 0 1
Total 4 2 6
Birth 18 February 1952
Age 72 years + 2 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Bernard Valcourt (1952– )
© Photo 2011 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Martine Coulombe Sister  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 7 4
New Brunswick 3 8 24 Z
TOTAL 17 3 29

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33–34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 35–36 27 Aug 1987 — 29 Jan 1989 1 5 2
2. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 38–39 23 Feb 1990 — 20 Apr 1991 1 1 28
3. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 39–41 21 Apr 1991 — 03 Nov 1993 2 6 13
4. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 41 18 Jun 1993 — 24 Jun 1993 0 0 6
5. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 41 25 Jun 1993 — 24 Oct 1993 0 3 29
6. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 41 25 Jun 1993 — 03 Nov 1993 0 4 9
7. NB 52–53
PC
 1 Party leader 43–45 13 May 1995 — 17 Oct 1997 2 5 4
8. NB 53
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 43–45 11 Sep 1995 — 17 Oct 1997 2 1 6
9. CA 41
CPC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 59–61 18 May 2011 — 21 Feb 2013 1 9 3
10. CA 41
CPC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 60–61 04 Jul 2012 — 21 Feb 2013 0 7 17
11. CA 41
CPC
 1 Minister 61–63 22 Feb 2013 — 03 Nov 2015 2 8 12
 1. Minister of State [Indian Affairs and Northern Development]
 2. Fisheries and Oceans
 3. Employment and Immigration
 4. National Health and Welfare
 5. New Brunswick [Without portfolio]
 6. Labour
 9. Francophonie [Foreign Affairs and International Trade]
10. Associate Minister [National Defence]
11. Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
6 documented challengers
⊕ René Arseneault  m 
⊕ Gérald H. Clavette  m 
⊕ Rosaire L'Italien  m 
 		 ⊕ Roland Beaulieu  m 
⊕ Jean-Claude D'Amours  m 
⊕ Pierrette Ringuette  f 
 
Eligible: 39,996 Votes: 31,880 Participation: 79.71% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 New Brunswick
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3819(F) — 22 Sep 2023 10:46 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
PC
 1/3 16,411 51.89% +3,166 Loser:
LIB
 13,245 41.88% Gérald H. Clavette

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,573 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 New Brunswick
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3524(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/3 14,747 48.24% +1,362 Loser:
LIB
 13,385 43.78% Roméo R. Rossignol

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,507 Votes: 33,643 Participation: 75.59% Candidacies: 4
Federal
35		 New Brunswick
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3225(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
PC
 2/4 15,042 45.71% -1,017 Winner:
LIB
 16,059 48.80% Pierrette Ringuette
Eligible: 8,574 Votes: 7,187 Participation: 83.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 New Brunswick
11 September 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 603(F) — 15 Sep 2021 22:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
43
PC
 1/3 4,215 59.20% +1,412 Loser:
LIB
 2,803 39.37% Roland Beaulieu

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,039 Votes: 6,203 Participation: 77.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 New Brunswick
7 June 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 548(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
PC
 3,567 58.42% Madeleine (Mado) Dubé
Eligible: 50,966 Votes: 35,574 Participation: 69.80% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 New Brunswick
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6310(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
59
CPC
 1/5 14,224 40.64% +1,915 Loser:
LIB
 12,309 35.17% Jean-Claude D'Amours

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,907 Votes: 37,654 Participation: 73.97% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 New Brunswick
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7395(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
CPC
 3/4 6,151 16.49% -14,627 Winner:
LIB
 20,778 55.70% René Arseneault

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Bernard Valcourt, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		 18 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Bernard Valcourt, C.P., c.r., député		 18 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bernard Valcourt		 18 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bernard Valcourt		 18 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Feb 2024 15:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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