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♂ Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
aliasGuillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
Record
10741 · 5014

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 29 April 1829 → 195 years ago
Lived 50 years + 11 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 3 months
Death 20 April 1880 → 144 years ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 7 months after 16 September 1878
Special notes
None
 
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques (1829–1880)
© Photo 1875 William James Topley — Public domain
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 9 7 5

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ George-Auguste Gigault  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph-Napoléon Poulin  m 
 		 ⊖ Honoré Mercier  m 
 
Eligible: 3,121 Votes: 2,060 Participation: 66.00% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17768(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,236 60.00% +412 Loser:
IND
 824 40.00% Joseph-Napoléon Poulin

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,010 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18645(F) — 25 Jun 2023 22:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/2 977 48.61% -56 Winner:
LIB
 1,033 51.39% Honoré Mercier
Eligible: 3,018 Votes: 885 Participation: 29.32% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18881(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 812 91.75% +739 Loser:
CONS
 73 8.25% George-Auguste Gigault

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,904 Votes: 2,191 Participation: 75.45% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19170(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 1,038 49.17% -35 Winner:
CONS
 1,073 50.83% George-Auguste Gigault

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques, M.P.		 06 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques, député		 06 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques		 06 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Guillaume Cheval dit Saint-Jacques		 06 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Feb 2024 07:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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