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♂ Joseph Patrick Tobin Asselin
aliasPatrick Asselin
Record
1722 · 7800

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
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Canada 2 1 3
Birth 29 March 1930 → 94 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 5 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 21 days ago
↳ at age 33 years
Death 31 August 2005 → 18 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 2 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Patrick Tobin Asselin (1930–2005)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Edmund T. Asselin (1920–1999) Brother
⊖ Edmund W. Tobin (1865–1938) Grandfather  
 
Well that's interesting!
Despite Trudeaumania, Asselin, a Liberal, lost his Québec seat in the 1968 general election after two mandates spanning five years. Of his defeat, he said, "I got out of politics because of illness — the voters got sick of me." Aside from being mayor of Aylmer, Québec, from 1979 to 1983, Asselin's political career was not particularly remarkable. But fellow Liberal MP Warren Allmand, who went on to serve until 1997, said of him, "He wasn't egotistical. Even though he had been an MP, he wasn't at all embarrassed to get a job as a security guard in order to earn a living and support his family... Security work was all he could get, so he did it."
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Aylmer, Québec (1979–1983)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 2 15

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Léonel Beaudoin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ V. Florent Dubois  m 
 		 ⊖ André J. Bernier  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,065 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24983(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/4 8,762 39.71% +450 Loser:
SC
 8,312 37.67% André J. Bernier

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,315 Votes: 21,557 Participation: 76.13% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25252(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/4 8,685 40.65% +2,023 Loser:
RC
 6,662 31.18% Léonel Beaudoin

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,858 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10107(F) — 28 Jun 2023 13:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
LIB
 2/4 8,870 35.68% -2,983 Winner:
RC
 11,853 47.68% Léonel Beaudoin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Patrick Tobin Asselin, M.P.		 28 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph Patrick Tobin Asselin, député		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Patrick Tobin Asselin		 28 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Patrick Tobin Asselin		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 14:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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