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♂ Jean-Charles Chapais
aliasJean-Charles Chapais
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 1 0 1
Birth 22 December 1811 → 212 years + 4 months ago
Lived 73 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 December 1867 → 156 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 11 months
Death 17 July 1885 → 138 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 3 days after 14 July 1871
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing Canada East:
✗ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✓ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)
Special notes
None
 
Jean-Charles Chapais (1811–1885)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ J.-A. Thomas Chapais (1858–1946) Son  
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. Canada East (1851–1854; 1855–1867)
Canadian Senate Québec (1898–1885) Died in office
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Saint-Denis-de-la Bouteillerie, Québec (1845)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 3 6 27 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 1
CONS
 1 Minister 55–57 01 Jul 1867 — 15 Nov 1869 2 4 14
2. CA 1–2
CONS
 1 Minister 57–61 16 Nov 1869 — 29 Jan 1873 3 2 13
 1. Agriculture
 2. Receiver General of Canada

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
n/a
 
 
Eligible: 2,500 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Québec
16 December 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14874(F) — 16 Feb 2022 20:02 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
55
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,905 Votes: 2,331 Participation: 80.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14891(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
CONS
 902 38.70% François-X.-Anselme Trudel

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Jean-Charles Chapais		 28 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Jean-Charles Chapais		 28 Feb 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Chapais, Jean-Charles		 28 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Chapais, Jean-Charles		 28 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Jean-Charles Chapais, P.C., Senator		 28 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Jean-Charles Chapais, C.P., sénateur		 28 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Jean-Charles Chapais		 28 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jean-Charles Chapais		 28 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jean-Charles Chapais		 28 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Feb 2024 21:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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