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♂ Joseph-Adélard Godbout
aliasJoseph-Adélard Godbout
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 2 7
Birth 24 September 1892 → 131 years + 7 months ago
Lived 63 years + 11 months
First mandate 13 May 1929 → 94 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 7 months
Death 18 September 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 1 month after 27 July 1948
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Adélard Godbout (1892–1956)
© Photo 1944 Arthur Roy — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Charles-Alfred Desjardins (1846–1934) Uncle  
⊖ Eugène Godbout (1857–1943) Father  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 16 0 3 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 19–23
QLP
 1 Party leader 43–56 11 Jun 1936 — 22 Jul 1949 13 1 11
2. QC 19
QLP
 1 Premier 43 11 Jun 1936 — 16 Aug 1936 0 2 5
3. QC 21
QLP
 2 Premier 47–51 25 Oct 1939 — 07 Aug 1944 4 9 13
4. QC 22
QLP
 1 Opposition Leader 51–55 08 Aug 1944 — 27 Jul 1948 3 11 19

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph Bilodeau  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Fernand Lizotte  m 
 
Eligible: 4,200 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
17		 Québec
13 May 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26388(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,500 Votes: 3,551 Participation: 78.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16131(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
QLP
 1/2 2,131 60.40% +734 Loser:
CONS
 1,397 39.60% Thomas Tremblay

Service: 4 years 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,120 Votes: 4,164 Participation: 81.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16224(F) — 18 Feb 2022 20:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
QLP
 1/2 2,454 59.32% +771 Loser:
ALN
 1,683 40.68% Charles-Eugène Thériault

Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,217 Votes: 4,482 Participation: 85.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16314(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
43
QLP
 2/2 2,213 49.78% -20 Winner:
UN
 2,233 50.22% Joseph Bilodeau
Eligible: 5,248 Votes: 4,419 Participation: 84.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16404(F) — 9 Sep 2021 21:50 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
47
QLP
 1/3 2,459 56.39% +566 Loser:
UN
 1,893 43.41% Joseph Bilodeau

Service: 4 years 9 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,939 Votes: 8,888 Participation: 81.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16494(F) — 9 Sep 2021 21:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
QLP
 1/2 4,834 55.14% +902 Loser:
UN
 3,932 44.86% Joseph Bilodeau

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,407 Votes: 9,801 Participation: 85.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Québec
28 July 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16587(F) — 9 Sep 2021 21:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
55
QLP
 2/3 4,334 44.63% -40 Winner:
UN
 4,374 45.04% Fernand Lizotte

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Adélard Godbout		 30 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Adélard Godbout		 30 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph-Adélard Godbout		 30 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Adélard Godbout		 30 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Adélard Godbout		 30 Mar 2024

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