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♂ Joseph Pierre A. Sévigny
aliasJoseph Pierre A. Sévigny
Record
56064 · 7714

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 4 6
Birth 12 September 1917 → 106 years + 7 months ago
Lived 86 years + 6 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 20 March 2004 → 20 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 11 months after 7 April 1963
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Pierre A. Sévigny (1917–2004)
© Photo 1960 Parliament of Canada — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Albert Sévigny (1881–1961) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 0 5

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 41–45 20 Aug 1959 — 08 Feb 1963 3 5 19
 1. Associate Minister [National Defence]

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Charles-Arthur D. Cannon  m 
⊖ J.J. Jean-Pierre Côté  m 
⊖ Gérard Loiselle  m 
 		 ⊖ Michel Chartrand  m 
⊖ Jacques Ferron  m 
⊖ Auguste Vincent  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 4,690 Votes: 4,394 Participation: 93.69% Candidacies: 2
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23636(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
31
PC
 2/2 2,145 49.33% -58 Winner:
LIB
 2,203 50.67% Charles-Arthur D. Cannon
Eligible: 46,365 Votes: 33,356 Participation: 71.94% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24157(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
39
PC
 2/4 10,942 33.35% -8,372 Winner:
LIB
 19,314 58.87% Auguste Vincent
Eligible: 46,365 Votes: 37,404 Participation: 80.67% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24423(F) — 26 Feb 2023 17:08 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
PC
 1/3 18,637 49.83% +2,399 Loser:
LIB
 16,238 43.41% Auguste Vincent

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,707 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24700(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/6 17,578 44.27% +2,892 Loser:
LIB
 14,686 36.99% Auguste Vincent

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,435 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
PC
 2/4 14,269 33.63% -2,954 Winner:
LIB
 17,223 40.59% J.J. Jean-Pierre Côté
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,162 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10112(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
50
IND
 2/7 3,499 17.35% -9,293 Winner:
LIB
 12,792 63.45% Gérard Loiselle

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Joseph-Pierre-Albert Sévigny		 25 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Sévigny, Joseph-Pierre-Albert		 25 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, P.C., O.C., C.D., V.M., M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, C.P., O.C., C.D., V.M., député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pierre Sévigny (politician)		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Pierre Sévigny (homme politique)		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 13:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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