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♂ Joseph Lafontaine
aliasJoseph Lafontaine
Record
33185 · 6246

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 1 5
Birth 25 November 1865 → 158 years + 5 months ago
Lived 54 years + 8 months
First mandate 10 March 1904 → 120 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 3 months
Death 25 July 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 1 month after 22 June 1919
Special notes
None
 

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 11 3 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Victor Allard  m 
⊖ Joseph-Octave Lavallée  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph-Olivier Gadoury  m 
 
Eligible: 3,871 Votes: 3,300 Participation: 85.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Québec
10 March 1904
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26289(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
QLP
 1/2 1,727 52.33% +154 Loser:
CONS
 1,573 47.67% Victor Allard

Service: 8 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,200 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
11		 Québec
25 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15508(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 6 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,607 Votes: 3,554 Participation: 77.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15582(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
QLP
 1/2 1,892 53.61% +255 Loser:
CONS
 1,637 46.39% Télesphore Michaud

Service: 3 years 11 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,047 Votes: 3,921 Participation: 77.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Québec
15 May 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15656(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
QLP
 2/2 1,944 49.99% -1 Winner:
CONS
 1,945 50.01% Joseph-Olivier Gadoury
Eligible: 4,840 Votes: 3,932 Participation: 81.24% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Québec
22 May 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15738(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
QLP
 1/2 2,324 59.67% +753 Loser:
CONS
 1,571 40.33% Joseph-Octave Lavallée

Service: 3 years 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,617 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
15		 Québec
23 June 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15819(F) — 18 Sep 2021 12:45 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
QLP
 Acclam. Siméon Lafrenière

Online biographical references (2)

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

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