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♂ François-Xavier Lemieux
aliasFrançois-Xavier Lemieux
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Québec 6 1 7
Total 6 2 8
Birth 9 April 1851 → 173 years ago
Lived 82 years + 3 months
First mandate 16 November 1883 → 140 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 7 months
Death 18 July 1933 → 90 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 8 months after 13 November 1897
Special notes
None
 
François-Xavier Lemieux (1851–1933)
© Photo c.1890 J.E. Livernois — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Lemieux won two seats for the Liberal Party in the Québec legislature in the 1897 general election — Bonaventure and Lévis, each with well over 60 percent of the votes. Would he have kept them both had he not been named judge in November of that year?
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 11 8 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 11  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Angus Baker  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph-Israël Tarte  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Bolduc  m 
 
Eligible: 2,564 Votes: 1,895 Participation: 73.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Québec
1 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 15018(F) — 20 Jul 2023 17:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
QLP
 2/2 742 40.06% -368 Winner:
CONS
 1,110 59.94% Joseph-Israël Tarte
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,042 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19317(F) — 21 Jan 2022 22:32 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 2/2 889 29.22% -1,264 Winner:
CONS
 2,153 70.78% Joseph Bolduc
Eligible: 4,830 Votes: 3,464 Participation: 71.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Québec
16 November 1883
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26221(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
QLP
 1/2 1,750 50.52% +36 Loser:
CONS
 1,714 49.48% J.-E. Roy

Service: 2 years 10 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,965 Votes: 3,690 Participation: 74.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Québec
14 October 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 QLP  27 Jan 1887
ID: 15170(F) — 21 Jul 2023 17:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
QLP
 1/2 1,878 51.66% +121 Loser:
CONS
 1,757 48.34% J.-E. Roy
After his election:
27 Jan 1887 35
CONS
 →
QLP
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 4,957 Votes: 3,813 Participation: 76.92% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Québec
17 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15235(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
QLP
 1/2 1,964 53.08% +228 Loser:
CONS
 1,736 46.92% Angus Baker

Service: 1 year 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,432 Votes: 4,081 Participation: 75.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15311(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
CONS
 2,166 53.34% Angus Baker
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,711 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Québec
11 December 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26267(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
43
QLP
 1/2 1,448 53.41% +185 Loser:
CONS
 1,263 46.59% Nicolas Arsenault

Service: 2 years 4 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,995 Votes: 3,015 Participation: 75.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
11 May 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15361(F) — 2 Oct 2022 13:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
QLP
 1/2 1,839 61.00% +663 Loser:
CONS
 1,176 39.00% Jean-B. Bélanger
After his election:
13 Nov 1897 46
QLP
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,532 Votes: 4,018 Participation: 72.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
11 May 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15384(F) — 2 Oct 2022 13:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
QLP
 1/2 2,546 63.36% +1,074 Loser:
CONS
 1,472 36.64% Angus Baker
After his election:
13 Nov 1897 46
QLP
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,995 Votes: 2,598 Participation: 65.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
22 December 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 17473(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
QLP
 1,516 58.35% William H. Clapperton
Eligible: 5,532 Votes: 3,681 Participation: 66.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
22 December 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 17474(F) — 2 Oct 2022 13:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
QLP
 2,075 56.37% Nazaire-Nicolas Olivier

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
François-Xavier Lemieux (neveu)		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
François-Xavier Lemieux (Quebec MLA)		 09 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
François-Xavier Lemieux (libéral)		 09 Mar 2024

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Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 21:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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