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♂ Louis Fortin
aliasLouis Fortin
Record
20608 · 7726

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 1 December 1920 → 103 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 29 September 1958 → 65 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 9 months
Death 24 June 2005 → 18 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 7 days after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Louis Fortin (1920–2005)
© Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Isidore-Noël Belleau (1848–1936) Grandfather  
⊖ Émile Fortin (1878–1936) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 8 17

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Jean-Paul Cook  m 
 		 ⊖ Jean Lesage  m 
 
Eligible: 20,274 Votes: 16,577 Participation: 81.76% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24164(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
IND
 2/2 6,637 40.45% -3,135 Winner:
LIB
 9,772 59.55% Jean Lesage
Eligible: 20,274 Votes: 14,312 Participation: 70.59% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Québec
29 September 1958
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24484(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
PC
 1/2 7,796 54.47% +1,280 Loser:
LIB
 6,516 45.53% Bernardin Blanchet

Service: 3 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,296 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24707(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
PC
 3/3 3,599 22.09% -4,030 Winner:
SC
 7,629 46.82% Jean-Paul Cook

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Fortin, M.P.		 15 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Fortin, député		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louis Fortin		 15 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Louis Fortin (homme politique canadien)		 15 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Apr 2024 21:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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