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♂ Édouard Lacroix
aliasÉdouard Lacroix
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Québec 1 0 1
Total 6 0 6
Birth 6 January 1889 → 135 years + 3 months ago
Lived 74 years
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 9 months
Death 19 January 1963 → 61 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 8 months after 14 May 1945
Special notes
None
 
Édouard Lacroix (1889–1963)
© Photo 1940 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Robert Dutil (1950–) Grandson  
 
Well that's interesting!
Former federal Liberal MP elected for the Bloc populaire canadien in Beauce in the August 1944 Québec general election, Lacroix resigned on May 14, 1945, before ever taking his seat in the assembly.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 18 8 8
Québec 0 9 5 Z
TOTAL 19 5 13

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Georges-Octave Poulin  m 
 		 ⊖ Henri-René Renault  m 
 
Eligible: 22,613 Votes: 16,449 Participation: 72.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Québec
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21945(F) — 27 Jun 2023 20:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 12,765 77.60% +9,081 Loser:
LC
 3,684 22.40% Louis Morin
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 37
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,613 Votes: 13,727 Participation: 60.70% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Québec
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22197(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 11,176 81.42% +8,625 Loser:
LC
 2,551 18.58% Wilfrid Duval

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,745 Votes: 18,660 Participation: 78.58% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Québec
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22471(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 12,093 64.81% +5,526 Loser:
LC
 6,567 35.19% J.-Linière Jacob

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,342 Votes: 17,159 Participation: 70.49% Candidacies: 2
Federal
18		 Québec
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22743(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 15,263 88.95% +13,367 Loser:
REC
 1,896 11.05% Paul-Henri Bérubé

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,113 Votes: 15,624 Participation: 59.83% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23018(F) — 26 Jan 2022 21:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 12,482 79.89% +9,340 Loser:
NATG
 3,142 20.11% Josaphat Poulin
After his election:
18 Feb 1943 54
LIB
 →
BPC
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
11 Jul 1944 55
BPC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 4 years 3 months 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,885 Votes: 18,801 Participation: 85.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16467(F) — 18 Feb 2022 23:01 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
BPC
 1/4 5,466 29.30% +164 Loser:
UN
 5,302 28.42% Georges-Octave Poulin
After his election:
14 May 1945 56
BPC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 9 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,299 Votes: 22,577 Participation: 82.70% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23278(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 9,612 42.57% Ludger Dionne
Eligible: 21,885 Votes: 18,140 Participation: 82.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Québec
21 November 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 26428(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
UN
 11,204 61.76% Georges-Octave Poulin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Édouard Lacroix, M.P.		 16 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Édouard Lacroix, député		 16 Apr 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Édouard Lacroix		 16 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Édouard Lacroix		 16 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Édouard Lacroix		 16 Apr 2024

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