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♂ René Bégin
aliasRené Bégin
Record
3664 · 7789

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 2 July 1912 → 111 years + 10 months ago
Lived 69 years + 4 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 11 months
Death 18 November 1981 → 42 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 7 months after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
René Bégin (1912–1981)
© Photo 1957 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 0 9 19

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ J.-Eugène Bissonnette  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Eugène Parent  m 
 		 ⊖ J.-Wilfrid Dufresne  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Lucien Plourde  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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
41
ILIB
 2/4 6,034 26.21% -2,430 Winner:
PC
 8,464 36.77% J.-Wilfrid Dufresne
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 11,828 47.58% +847 Loser:
PC
 10,981 44.17% J.-Wilfrid Dufresne

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,931 Votes: 27,634 Participation: 86.54% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24439(F) — 6 Sep 2022 23:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 12,357 44.72% -1,866 Winner:
PC
 14,223 51.47% J.-Eugène Bissonnette
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,562 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24716(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 2/5 6,306 22.88% -9,863 Winner:
SC
 16,169 58.66% Lucien Plourde

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
René Bégin, M.P.		 15 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
René Bégin, député		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
René Bégin		 15 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
René Bégin		 15 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Mar 2024 22:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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