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♂ Joseph-Henri-Napoléon Bourassa
aliasJoseph-Henri-Napoléon Bourassa
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 82%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 1 8
Québec 2 1 3
Total 9 2 11
Birth 1 September 1868 → 155 years + 7 months ago
Lived 83 years + 11 months
First mandate 23 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 9 months
Death 31 August 1952 → 71 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 10 months after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Henri-Napoléon Bourassa (1868–1952)
© Photo 1917 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ François Bourassa (1813–1898) Uncle  
 
Well that's interesting!
Different times, different priorities, so what could Henri Bourassa possibly have in common with Sheila Copps, born 88 days after Bourassa died? Both resigned on a matter of principle — Bourassa for Canada's participation in the Boer War, and Copps for her government not holding its promise to abolish the Goods and Services Tax established by the previous government. Both Bourassa and Copps were re-elected in their subsequent by-election.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 21 0 21
Québec 4 8 7 Z
TOTAL 25 8 29

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 10–12
CNL
 1 Party leader 34–43 01 Mar 1903 — 14 Jun 1912 9 3 13

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 14  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Lomer Gouin  m 
⊖ Joseph Morin  m 
 		 ⊖ Maurice Lalonde  m 
⊖ Adélard Turgeon  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Québec
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20226(F) — 22 Jan 2022 22:50 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
LIB
 1/2 2,175 56.04% +469 Loser:
CONS
 1,706 43.96% S.R. Poulin
After his election:
26 Oct 1899 31
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
8		 Québec
18 January 1900
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20273(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,467 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Québec
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20444(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 1,973 56.91% +479 Loser:
CONS
 1,494 43.09% S.R. Poulin

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,067 Votes: 4,238 Participation: 59.97% Candidacies: 3
Federal
10		 Québec
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20693(F) — 23 Jan 2022 13:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 2,640 63.07% +1,493 Loser:
CONS
 1,147 27.40% G. Alphonse Dugal
After his election:
29 Oct 1907 39
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran provincially
Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,100 Votes: 3,185 Participation: 77.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Québec
4 November 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26308(F) — 14 Oct 2022 18:45 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
IND
 2/2 1,218 38.24% -749 Winner:
QLP
 1,967 61.76% Adélard Turgeon
Eligible: 7,067 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
10		 Québec
23 December 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20780(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Charles B. Major
Eligible: 9,674 Votes: 5,988 Participation: 61.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15617(F) — 17 Feb 2022 20:06 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
39
CNL
 1/2 2,937 50.36% +42 Loser:
QLP
 2,895 49.64% Lomer Gouin
After his election:
11 Mar 1909 40
CNL
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 9 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,339 Votes: 4,080 Participation: 76.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15635(F) — 8 Sep 2021 23:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
39
CNL
 1/2 1,999 50.48% +38 Loser:
QLP
 1,961 49.52% Joseph Morin

Service: 3 years 11 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,674 Votes: 6,122 Participation: 63.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
12 November 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26323(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
QLP
 3,204 52.34% Clément Robillard
Eligible: 5,812 Votes: 4,510 Participation: 77.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Québec
15 May 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15709(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
QLP
 2,278 51.01% Télesphore-Damien Bouchard
Eligible: 15,651 Votes: 9,607 Participation: 61.38% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Québec
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21968(F) — 26 Jun 2023 14:54 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
57
IND
 1/2 5,843 60.82% +2,079 Loser:
LIB
 3,764 39.18% Henri Jodoin
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 57
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,651 Votes: 8,816 Participation: 56.33% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Québec
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22220(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
IND
 1/3 7,569 85.86% +6,451 Loser:
LC
 1,118 12.68% Louis Cousineau

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
17		 Québec
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22494(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,299 Votes: 12,691 Participation: 69.35% Candidacies: 2
Federal
18		 Québec
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22766(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
IND
 2/2 5,411 42.64% -1,869 Winner:
LIB
 7,280 57.36% Maurice Lalonde

Online biographical references (8)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Canadian War Museum, Canada and the First World War: Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024
FR Non-standard link
Musée canadien de la guerre, Le Canada et la Première Guerre mondiale: Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Bourassa, Henri		 02 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Bourassa, Henri		 02 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa, M.P.		 02 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa, député		 02 Apr 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Henri Bourassa		 02 Apr 2024

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