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♂ Wilfrid Prévost
aliasWilfrid Prévost
Record
50713 · 5178

∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 30 April 1832 → 192 years ago
Lived 65 years + 9 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 2 months
Death 15 February 1898 → 126 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 1 month after 14 January 1875
Special notes
None
 

Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Jean Prévost (1870–1915) Son  
⊖ Jules-Édouard Prévost (1871–1943) Nephew  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 5 24

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles-Auguste-M. Globensky  m 
 
 
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: 18608(F) — 25 Jun 2023 21:11 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 41
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 1,927 Votes: 1,395 Participation: 72.39% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18844(F) — 20 Jan 2022 23:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 725 51.97% +55 Loser:
IND
 670 48.03% J. Watts
After his election:
14 Jan 1875 42
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,927 Votes: 1,749 Participation: 90.76% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
26 February 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18950(F) — 21 Jan 2022 07:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 810 46.31% -129 Winner:
IND
 939 53.69% Charles-Auguste-M. Globensky

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
FR Non-standard link
Assemblée nationale du Québec, Histoire: Wilfrid Prévost		 07 Oct 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfrid Prévost, M.P.		 07 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfrid Prévost, député		 07 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wilfrid Prévost		 07 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Wilfrid Prévost		 07 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Oct 2023 22:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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