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♂ Camillien Houde
aliasCamillien Houde
Record
28277 · 7501

☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 44%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Québec 3 3 6
Total 4 5 9
Birth 13 August 1889 → 134 years + 8 months ago
Lived 69 years
First mandate 5 February 1923 → 101 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 5 months
Death 11 September 1958 → 65 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 1 month after 9 August 1953
Special notes
None
 
Camillien Houde (1889–1958)
© Photo 1930 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Under the War Measures Act, Houde was arrested and imprisoned in 1940, while mayor of Montréal, because of his opposition to conscription. He was still very much disliked in parts of English Canada when he ran federally in 1949 as an independent. A few days before the election, trying to link him to George Drew's Progressive Conservatives, The Toronto Star, which openly supported the Liberals, published the headline: "Keep Canada British / Destroy Drew's Houde / God Save the King," with the last line changing to "Vote St. Laurent" in its later editions.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Montréal, Québec (1928–1932; 1934–1936; 1938–1940; 1944–1954)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 1 12
Québec 11 10 19 Z
TOTAL 16 0 1

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 17–18
CONS
 1 Party leader 39–43 10 Jul 1929 — 19 Sep 1932 3 2 9
2. QC 17
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 39–42 10 Jul 1929 — 23 Aug 1931 2 1 13

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph-Arsène Bonnier  m 
⊖ Joseph Gauthier  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Candide Rochefort  m 
 		 ⊖ Gaspard Fauteux  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Adrien Meunier  m 
⊖ Irénée Vautrin  m 
 
Eligible: 12,307 Votes: 6,211 Participation: 50.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Québec
5 February 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15980(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 1/3 2,888 47.15% +508 Loser:
O
 2,380 38.86% Joseph Gauthier

Service: 4 years 3 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,431 Votes: 7,229 Participation: 58.15% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Québec
16 May 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16070(F) — 18 Feb 2022 16:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
CONS
 2/2 3,437 47.98% -290 Winner:
QLP
 3,727 52.02% Joseph Gauthier
Eligible: 12,431 Votes: 6,466 Participation: 52.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Québec
24 October 1928
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26386(F) — 18 Feb 2022 15:09 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
39
CONS
 1/4 3,526 54.53% +780 Loser:
QLP
 2,746 42.47% Ernest Langlois

Service: 2 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,801 Votes: 6,498 Participation: 73.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16151(F) — 8 Sep 2021 10:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
42
CONS
 2/2 2,777 43.66% -806 Winner:
QLP
 3,583 56.34% Irénée Vautrin
Eligible: 13,210 Votes: 9,788 Participation: 74.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16155(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
42
CONS
 2/3 4,474 47.02% -515 Winner:
QLP
 4,989 52.43% Gaspard Fauteux
Eligible: 42,606 Votes: 28,871 Participation: 67.76% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Québec
17 January 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22847(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
48
LC
 2/3 11,931 41.33% -4,663 Winner:
LIB
 16,594 57.48% Joseph-Arsène Bonnier
Eligible: 14,188 Votes: 9,782 Participation: 68.95% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16428(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
IND
 1/5 4,517 47.67% +1,997 Loser:
QLP
 2,520 26.59% Raoul Trépanier

Service: 4 years 9 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,487 Votes: 26,936 Participation: 57.94% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16519(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
UN
 9,299 35.34% Camille Côté
Eligible: 52,207 Votes: 33,536 Participation: 64.24% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23335(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
55
IND
 2/6 14,275 42.57% -3,962 Winner:
LIB
 18,237 54.38% Gaspard Fauteux
Eligible: 37,182 Votes: 26,627 Participation: 71.61% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23639(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
59
IND
 1/4 12,611 48.00% +75 Loser:
LIB
 12,536 47.71% Adrien Meunier

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,149 Votes: 27,288 Participation: 59.13% Candidacies: 6
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23882(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
ILIB
 10,387 38.65% Adrien Meunier

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Camillien Houde		 25 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Houde, Camillien		 25 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Camillien Houde		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Camillien Houde		 25 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Camillien Houde		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Camillien Houde		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Camillien Houde		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Feb 2024 18:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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