Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Louis Beaubien
aliasLouis Beaubien
Record
3231 · 5180

Roman Catholic   2
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 88%
 
Canada 1 0 1
Québec 6 1 7
Total 7 1 8
Birth 27 July 1837 → 186 years + 9 months ago
Lived 77 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 1 month
Death 19 July 1915 → 108 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 2 months after 10 May 1897
Double mandate Hochelaga (Québec)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
Louis Beaubien (1837–1915)
© Photo c.1880 Jules-Isaïe Benoît — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
Joseph-Octave Beaubien (1824–1877) Cousin  
Philippe B. Casgrain (1826–1917) Cousin  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 1 6 2
Québec 24 2 26 Z
TOTAL 25 8 28

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 3
CONS
1 Speaker 39–40 10 Nov 1876 — 30 Apr 1878 1 5 20

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
3 documented challengers
Élie-Hercule Bisson  m 
Antoine-Aimé Dorion  m 
 
Laurent-Olivier David  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 3,243 Votes: 2,561 Participation: 78.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1
Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14800(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
30
CONS
1/2 1,420 55.45% +279 Loser:
QLP
1,141 44.55% Laurent-Olivier David

Service:
3 years 9 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,921 Votes: 2,532 Participation: 64.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2
Québec
15 July 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14900(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
CONS
1/2 1,391 54.94% +250 Loser:
QLP
1,141 45.06% Antoine-Aimé Dorion

Service:
3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,082 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2
Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18612(F) — 25 Jun 2023 21:24 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
34
CONS
1/2 1,800 58.40% +518 Loser:
IND
1,282 41.60% V. Hudon
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 36
CONS
LIB
Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3
Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18848(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36
Successor:
CONS
Acclam. Alphonse Desjardins
Eligible: 6,706 Votes: 3,583 Participation: 53.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3
Québec
7 July 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 QLP  8 Mar 1878
ID: 14965(F) — 20 Jul 2023 11:54 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
CONS
1/2 1,930 54.34% +308 Loser:
QLP
1,622 45.66% Laurent-Olivier David
After his election:
8 Mar 1878 40
CONS
QLP
Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,139 Votes: 4,721 Participation: 58.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4
Québec
1 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
 CONS  29 Oct 1879
ID: 15030(F) — 20 Jul 2023 19:00 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
CONS
1/2 2,495 54.32% +397 Loser:
QLP
2,098 45.68% C.-H. Dugas
After his election:
29 Oct 1879 42
QLP
CONS
Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 8,700 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5
Québec
2 December 1881
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15095(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
CONS
1/1 By acclamation

Service:
4 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,469 Votes: 5,455 Participation: 57.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6
Québec
14 October 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 15160(F) — 21 Jul 2023 16:58 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49
Successor:
CONS
2,742 51.00% Joseph-Octave Villeneuve
Eligible: 5,998 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8
Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15327(F) — 2 Oct 2022 14:36 ET
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
CONS
1/1 By acclamation

Service:
5 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,957 Votes: 3,224 Participation: 81.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9
Québec
11 May 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15358(F) — 17 Feb 2022 14:02 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
CONS
2/2 1,457 45.73% -272 Winner:
QLP
1,729 54.27% Élie-Hercule Bisson

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Beaubien, Louis
03 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Beaubien, Louis
03 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Beaubien, M.P.
03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Beaubien, député
03 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Louis Beaubien
03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louis Beaubien
03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Louis Beaubien
03 Feb 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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