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♂ Georges-Émile Lapalme
aliasGeorges-Émile Lapalme
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Québec 4 1 5
Total 6 1 7
Birth 14 January 1907 → 117 years + 3 months ago
Lived 78 years
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 5 February 1985 → 39 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 8 months after 4 June 1966
Special notes
None
 
Georges-Émile Lapalme (1907–1985)
© Photo 1950 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Although Québec Quiet Revolution is associated to Jean Lesage, who was the Liberal premier from 1960 to 1966, historians agree that Lapalme was its architech and that he is also the father of the modern QLP. For Lapalme, culture was the linchpin of the proposed reform, but Lesage did not support this view and did not fund the new ministry of culture he headed. Frustrated, he resigned from cabinet in September 1964 and did not reoffer in the 1966 general election.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 0 10
Québec 12 10 22 Z
TOTAL 17 11 3

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 23–25
QLP
 1 Party leader 43–51 20 May 1950 — 30 May 1958 8 0 10
2. QC 24–25
QLP
 1 Opposition Leader 46–53 10 Jul 1953 — 21 Jun 1960 6 11 11

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Antonio J. Barrette  m 
 
 
Eligible: 37,331 Votes: 28,242 Participation: 75.65% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23298(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 1/5 14,810 52.44% +2,250 Loser:
IND
 12,560 44.47% Paul Brien

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,367 Votes: 32,936 Participation: 81.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23559(F) — 27 Jan 2022 17:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 18,755 57.35% +5,171 Loser:
PC
 13,584 41.54% Claude-Édouard Hétu
After his election:
23 Jun 1950 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran provincially
Service: 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,367 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
21		 Québec
3 October 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23656(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Maurice Breton
Eligible: 20,035 Votes: 17,890 Participation: 89.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
24		 Québec
16 July 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16677(F) — 9 Sep 2021 21:57 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
45
QLP
 2/2 7,482 42.12% -2,799 Winner:
UN
 10,281 57.88% Antonio J. Barrette
Eligible: 60,622 Votes: 27,768 Participation: 45.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Québec
9 July 1953
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 26415(F) — 9 Sep 2021 21:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
46
QLP
 1/4 15,484 55.76% +4,465 Loser:
UN
 11,019 39.68% Bernard Couvrette

Service: 2 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,333 Votes: 36,458 Participation: 55.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16792(F) — 9 Sep 2021 21:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
QLP
 1/4 24,348 67.83% +14,331 Loser:
UN
 10,017 27.91% Maurice Mercure

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 75,140 Votes: 43,867 Participation: 58.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16887(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
QLP
 1/3 27,069 62.98% +15,174 Loser:
UN
 11,895 27.68% Maurice Mercure

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,772 Votes: 46,926 Participation: 60.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16985(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
QLP
 1/3 36,076 77.63% +26,647 Loser:
UN
 9,429 20.29% Walter R. Herring

Service: 3 years 6 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,809 Votes: 26,313 Participation: 64.48% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Québec
5 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 11261(F) — 20 Feb 2024 17:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
QLP
 18,075 71.18% Jérôme Choquette

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Georges-Émile Lapalme, M.P.		 07 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Georges-Émile Lapalme, député		 07 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Georges-Émile Lapalme		 07 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Georges-Émile Lapalme		 07 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Georges-Émile Lapalme		 07 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Mar 2024 19:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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