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♂ Joseph Lafontaine
aliasJoseph Lafontaine
Record
33186 · 7759

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Québec 0 1 1
Total 5 1 6
Birth 4 April 1885 → 139 years + 1 month ago
Lived 80 years + 8 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 54 years + 11 months
Death 14 December 1965 → 58 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 8 months after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Lafontaine (1885–1965)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 17 11 30

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Tancrède Labbé  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,990 Votes: 7,686 Participation: 85.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16235(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
50
QLP
 2/2 3,105 40.94% -1,375 Winner:
ALN
 4,480 59.06% Tancrède Labbé
Eligible: 23,691 Votes: 16,758 Participation: 70.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23048(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 10,477 62.52% +4,196 Loser:
NATG
 6,281 37.48% J.-Émile Fortin

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,957 Votes: 19,171 Participation: 80.02% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23308(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 10,057 52.46% +3,049 Loser:
IND
 7,008 36.56% Joseph.-Théophile Beaudoin

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,288 Votes: 22,897 Participation: 83.91% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Québec
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23569(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 13,273 58.45% +6,482 Loser:
PC
 6,791 29.90% Oliva Cyr

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,239 Votes: 22,588 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23875(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 13,951 62.36% +5,531 Loser:
PC
 8,420 37.64% Albert Côté

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,260 Votes: 23,990 Participation: 76.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24161(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
LIB
 1/2 15,378 64.95% +7,078 Loser:
PC
 8,300 35.05% Robert Gervais

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,260 Votes: 26,762 Participation: 85.61% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24427(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 13,486 50.39% Gabriel Roberge

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Lafontaine, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Lafontaine, député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MP)		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Lafontaine		 25 Feb 2024

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