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♂ J.-Wilfrid Dufresne
aliasJ.-Wilfrid Dufresne
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Québec 0 1 1
Total 1 4 5
Birth 5 August 1911 → 112 years + 9 months ago
Lived 70 years + 10 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 30 June 1982 → 41 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 21 days after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
J.-Wilfrid Dufresne (1911–1980)
© 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 3 9 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ René Bégin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Jean Marchand  m 
⊖ Charles Eugène Parent  m 
 		 ⊖ Gérard Duquet  m 
⊕ Claude Morin  m 
 
Eligible: 31,222 Votes: 23,259 Participation: 74.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Québec
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23887(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 1/4 8,464 36.77% +2,430 Loser:
ILIB
 6,034 26.21% René Bégin

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,931 Votes: 25,228 Participation: 79.01% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24173(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
PC
 2/4 10,981 44.17% -847 Winner:
LIB
 11,828 47.58% René Bégin
Eligible: 39,281 Votes: 27,909 Participation: 71.05% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10333(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
61
SC
 2/5 6,101 23.74% -8,624 Winner:
LIB
 14,725 57.31% Jean Marchand
Eligible: 61,420 Votes: 43,098 Participation: 70.17% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4564(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
67
PC
 3/7 3,128 7.26% -25,237 Winner:
LIB
 28,365 65.82% Gérard Duquet
Eligible: 39,754 Votes: 33,529 Participation: 84.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Québec
13 April 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 2240(F) — 19 Feb 2022 17:06 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
69
UN
 3/4 473 1.43% -19,872 Winner:
PQ
 20,345 61.36% Claude Morin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
J.-Wilfrid Dufresne		 15 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
J.-Wilfrid Dufresne		 15 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
J.-Wilfrid Dufresne		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
J.-Wilfrid Dufresne		 15 Mar 2024

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

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