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♂ Joseph-Godric Blanchet
aliasJoseph-Godric Blanchet
Record
5341 · 4999

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Québec 2 1 3
Total 7 1 8
Birth 7 June 1829 → 194 years + 10 months ago
Lived 60 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 2 months
Death 1 January 1890 → 134 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 2 months after 4 October 1883
Double mandate Lévis (Québec)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 3 23
Québec 7 9 19 Z
TOTAL 22 1 12

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 1–2
CONS
 1 Speaker 38–46 27 Dec 1867 — 06 Jul 1875 7 6 9
2. CA 4
CONS
 1 Speaker 49–53 17 Sep 1878 — 19 Jun 1882 3 9 2

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Pierre Boutin  m 
⊖ Achille LaRue  m 
 		 ⊖ Louis-Honoré Fréchette  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Étienne-Théodore Pâquet  m 
 
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: 17741(F) — 27 Nov 2021 22:02 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,667 Votes: 2,194 Participation: 59.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14818(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/2 1,429 65.13% +664 Loser:
QLP
 765 34.87% Hospice Marceau

Service: 3 years 9 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,974 Votes: 2,919 Participation: 73.45% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14910(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CONS
 1/2 1,627 55.74% +335 Loser:
QLP
 1,292 44.26% Louis-Honoré Fréchette

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,039 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18622(F) — 25 Jun 2023 21:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/2 1,564 51.46% +89 Loser:
LIB
 1,475 48.54% Louis-Honoré Fréchette
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 44
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,268 Votes: 3,242 Participation: 75.96% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18858(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
LIB
 1,670 51.51% Louis-Honoré Fréchette
Eligible: 4,753 Votes: 3,837 Participation: 80.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Québec
7 July 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14975(F) — 20 Jul 2023 12:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
CONS
 2/2 1,837 47.95% -157 Winner:
QLP
 1,994 52.05% Étienne-Théodore Pâquet
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,500 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 Québec
23 November 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
46
CONS
 1/3 698 46.53% +255 Loser:
LIB
 443 29.53% Achille LaRue

Service: 2 years 9 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,367 Votes: 4,261 Participation: 79.39% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19147(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LC
 1/2 2,144 51.41% +118 Loser:
LIB
 2,026 48.59% Louis-Honoré Fréchette

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,463 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19343(F) — 21 Jan 2022 22:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LC
 1/2 1,935 55.88% +407 Loser:
LIB
 1,528 44.12% Louis-Honoré Fréchette
After his election:
4 Oct 1883 54
LC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,254 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
25 October 1883
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19651(F) — 21 Jan 2022 23:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
CONS
 1,551 68.81% Isidore-Noël Belleau

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Blanchet, Joseph-Godric (Goderic)		 14 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Blanchet, Joseph-Godric (Goderic)		 14 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Godric Blanchet, M.P.		 14 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Godric Blanchet, député		 14 Nov 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph-Godric Blanchet		 14 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet		 14 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet		 14 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Nov 2023 10:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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