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♂ Joseph Lafontaine
aliasJoseph Lafontaine
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 1 1 2
Birth 7 August 1829 → 194 years + 8 months ago
Lived ± 77 years
First mandate 1 May 1878 → 145 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 8 months
Death c. June 1907 → 116 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death ± 25 years + 6 months after 1 December 1881
Special notes
Baptized Lesiège Lafontaine.
 

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
Québec 3 7 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Michel-Adrien Bessette  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,249 Votes: 2,298 Participation: 70.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14860(F) — 18 Feb 2022 23:38 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
QLP
 2/2 1,119 48.69% -60 Winner:
CONS
 1,179 51.31% Michel-Adrien Bessette
Eligible: 4,558 Votes: 2,683 Participation: 58.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Québec
1 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
 CONS  29 Oct 1879
ID: 15067(F) — 20 Jul 2023 22:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
QLP
 1/2 1,393 52.37% +126 Loser:
CONS
 1,267 47.63% L.-A. Brodeur
After his election:
29 Oct 1879 50
QLP
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,375 Votes: 2,608 Participation: 59.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Québec
2 December 1881
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 15132(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
CONS
 1,353 52.40% Isidore Frégeau

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph Lafontaine (Shefford)		 20 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Lafontaine (Shefford MLA)		 20 Aug 2023

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