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♂ Pierre-Étienne Fortin
aliasPierre-Étienne Fortin
Record
20624 · 4786

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Québec 5 0 5
Total 9 0 9
Birth 14 December 1823 → 200 years + 4 months ago
Lived 64 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 15 June 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 3 months after 21 February 1887
Double mandate Gaspé (Québec)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
Pierre-Étienne Fortin (1823–1888) 200x323
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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 14 10 18
Québec 10 2 8 Z
TOTAL 25 0 26

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 3
CONS
 1 Speaker 51–52 04 Nov 1875 — 09 Nov 1876 1 0 5

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 12  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edmund J. Flynn  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17725(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,346 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14796(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,675 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14899(F) — 16 Feb 2022 20:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
27 Feb 1873 49
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18611(F) — 25 Jun 2023 21:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 49
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,675 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Québec
7 April 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17467(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,638 Votes: 1,045 Participation: 63.80% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18847(F) — 20 Jan 2022 23:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
CONS
 545 52.15% Louis-George Harper
Eligible: 2,571 Votes: 1,934 Participation: 75.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Québec
7 July 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14964(F) — 20 Jul 2023 10:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 1,073 56.98% +263 Loser:
QLP
 810 43.02% Edmund J. Flynn
After his election:
7 Mar 1877 53
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 year 8 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,571 Votes: 1,885 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Québec
2 July 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 QLP  8 Mar 1878
ID: 15929(F) — 20 Jul 2023 10:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
CONS
 1/2 984 52.20% +83 Loser:
QLP
 901 47.80% Edmund J. Flynn
After his election:
8 Mar 1878 54
CONS
 →
QLP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 9 months 28 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,631 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Québec
1 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 15029(F) — 13 Jul 2023 15:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
QLP
 Acclam. Edmund J. Flynn
Eligible: 2,988 Votes: 1,077 Participation: 36.04% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19136(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 913 88.73% +797 Loser:
IND
 116 11.27% B. Lebouthillier

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19332(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,364 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19540(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
CONS
 1,219 51.57% Louis-Zéphirin Joncas

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Pierre-Étienne Fortin		 18 Nov 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Fortin, Pierre-Étienne		 18 Nov 2023
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Fortin, Pierre-Étienne		 18 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Fortin, Pierre-Étienne		 18 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Pierre Fortin, Senator, M.P.		 18 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Pierre Fortin, sénateur, député		 18 Nov 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
Pierre Fortin		 18 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Pierre-Étienne Fortin		 18 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Pierre Fortin (homme politique)		 18 Nov 2023

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