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♂ Robert B. Lafrenière
aliasRobert B. Lafrenière
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 4 5
Birth 7 March 1924 → 100 years + 1 month ago
Lived 88 years + 8 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 34 years
Death 27 November 2012 → 11 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 50 years + 5 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Robert B. Lafrenière (1924–2012) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Germain Caron (1910–1966) Brother-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Jean-Charles R. (Jean) Berger  m 
⊖ Wilfrid Lacroix  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Pierre Bussières  m 
⊖ Guy Marcoux  m 
 
Eligible: 50,701 Votes: 39,586 Participation: 78.08% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24171(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
PC
 2/2 14,121 36.13% -10,843 Winner:
LIB
 24,964 63.87% Wilfrid Lacroix
Eligible: 50,701 Votes: 46,113 Participation: 90.95% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24437(F) — 7 Sep 2022 00:03 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
PC
 1/3 25,394 55.07% +5,784 Loser:
LIB
 19,610 42.53% Wilfrid Lacroix

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 60,757 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24714(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
PC
 3/4 9,318 15.34% -26,181 Winner:
SC
 35,499 58.43% Guy Marcoux
Eligible: 20,773 Votes: 14,455 Participation: 69.59% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25240(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
41
PC
 2/4 4,450 30.85% -1,939 Winner:
LIB
 6,389 44.29% Jean-Charles R. (Jean) Berger
Eligible: 84,432 Votes: 61,849 Participation: 73.25% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4523(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
55
PC
 3/5 5,860 9.47% -34,936 Winner:
LIB
 40,796 65.96% Pierre Bussières

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert B. Lafrenière, M.P.		 17 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Robert B. Lafrenière, député		 17 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Robert Baron Lafrenière		 17 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Lafrenière		 17 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Dec 2023 19:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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