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♂ Honoré Mercier
aliasHonoré Mercier
Record
42976 · 5193

∞6
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Québec 6 0 6
Total 7 1 8
Birth 15 October 1840 → 183 years + 6 months ago
Lived 54 years
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 9 months
Death 30 October 1894 → 129 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Honoré Mercier (1840–1894)
© Photo Jules-Ernest Livernois — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Gaspard Fauteux (1898–1963) Grandson  
⊖ Lomer Gouin (1861–1929) Son-in-law
⊖ Paul Gouin (1898–1976) Grandson  
⊖ Honoré Mercier (1875–1937) Son  
⊖ Honoré Mercier (1908–1988) Grandson  
⊕ Thomas J. Mulcair (1954–) Great-great-grandson  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 1 6 2
Québec 15 4 9 Z
TOTAL 16 10 11

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 5–8
QLP
 1 Party leader 42–51 18 Jan 1883 — 27 Apr 1892 9 3 9
2. QC 5–6
QLP
 1 Opposition Leader 42–46 18 Jan 1883 — 28 Jan 1887 4 0 10
3. QC 6–7
QLP
 1 Premier 46–51 29 Jan 1887 — 20 Dec 1891 4 10 21

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Antoine Casavant  m 
⊖ Louis Tellier  m 
 		 ⊖ Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,010 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18645(F) — 25 Jun 2023 22:30 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 1/2 1,033 51.39% +56 Loser:
LIB
 977 48.61% Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 33
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
33		 Successor:
LIB
 812 91.75% Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
Eligible: 3,020 Votes: 2,400 Participation: 79.47% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19171(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 2/2 1,175 49.87% -6 Winner:
CONS
 1,181 50.13% Louis Tellier
Eligible: 3,139 Votes: 2,653 Participation: 84.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Québec
3 June 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
 CONS  29 Oct 1879
ID: 17037(F) — 13 Jul 2023 17:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
QLP
 1/2 1,480 55.79% +307 Loser:
CONS
 1,173 44.21% Antoine Casavant
After his election:
29 Oct 1879 39
QLP
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 5 months 28 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,645 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Québec
2 December 1881
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15129(F) — 17 Feb 2022 08:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 10 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,629 Votes: 2,447 Participation: 52.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Québec
14 October 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 QLP  27 Jan 1887
ID: 15194(F) — 21 Jul 2023 13:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
NAT
 1/2 1,458 60.55% +508 Loser:
CONS
 950 39.45% A.-D-.T. Beauchemin
After his election:
27 Jan 1887 46
CONS
 →
NAT
 Change of government (became part of government)
29 Jan 1887 46
NAT
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Québec
12 February 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26242(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
46
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,207 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Québec
17 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15213(F) — 17 Feb 2022 13:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,434 Votes: 2,637 Participation: 76.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Québec
8 March 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15288(F) — 2 Oct 2022 13:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
QLP
 1/2 1,443 55.22% +273 Loser:
CONS
 1,170 44.78% Nicolas Arsenault
After his election:
30 Oct 1894 54
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 7 months 22 days (Oppo.)
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
—
 Deceased
Age
54		 Successor:
QLP
 1,448 53.41% François-Xavier Lemieux

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Honoré Mercier		 18 Jan 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Mercier, Honoré		 18 Jan 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Mercier, Honoré		 18 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Mercier, Honoré		 18 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Honoré Mercier, M.P.		 18 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Honoré Mercier, député		 18 Jan 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Honoré Mercier (père)		 18 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Honoré Mercier		 18 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Honoré Mercier		 18 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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