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♂ Gilles Caouette
aliasGilles Caouette
Record
9322 · 877

∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 22%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 6 8
Québec 0 1 1
Total 2 7 9
Birth 16 February 1940 → 84 years + 2 months ago
Lived 69 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 8 months
Death 13 August 2009 → 14 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 2 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Gilles Caouette (1940–2009)
© Photo 1973 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Armand Caouette (1945–2010) Cousin  
⊖ D. Réal Caouette (1917–1976) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 8 2

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 30
SC
 1 Party leader 37–38 25 Jun 1977 — 31 Mar 1978 0 9 6

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
10 documented challengers
⊖ Lionel Chevrier  m 
⊖ Fernand Houde  m 
⊕ Charles Lapointe  m 
⊖ Fernand-E. Leblanc  m 
⊖ Gérard Picard  m 
 		 ⊖ Gaston Clermont  m 
⊖ Pierre Juneau  m 
⊖ Jacques Lavoie  m 
⊖ Armand Maltais  m 
⊕ Henri Tousignant  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,965 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24961(F) — 29 Jan 2022 11:44 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
23
SC
 2/4 4,282 23.84% -3,777 Winner:
LIB
 8,059 44.86% Lionel Chevrier
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,351 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 Québec
10 February 1964
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25024(F) — 26 Feb 2023 16:42 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
23
RC
 2/5 2,232 21.56% -3,117 Winner:
LIB
 5,349 51.68% Fernand-E. Leblanc
Eligible: 22,103 Votes: 15,815 Participation: 71.55% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25226(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
25
RC
 2/4 3,697 23.71% -2,857 Winner:
LIB
 6,554 42.03% Gaston Clermont
Eligible: 46,412 Votes: 39,019 Participation: 84.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Québec
29 April 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 11135(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
30
SCRQ
 3/4 8,650 22.53% -3,932 Winner:
QLP
 12,582 32.78% Fernand Houde
Eligible: 38,035 Votes: 26,116 Participation: 68.66% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10315(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
SC
 1/3 10,264 39.30% +159 Loser:
LIB
 10,105 38.69% Jean-Guy Alain

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,016 Votes: 25,595 Participation: 65.60% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10579(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
SC
 2/4 8,905 35.75% -1,467 Winner:
LIB
 10,372 41.64% Charles Lapointe
Eligible: 38,884 Votes: 16,955 Participation: 43.60% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Québec
14 October 1975
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10882(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:01 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
35
SC
 3/7 1,729 10.20% -6,507 Winner:
PC
 8,236 48.58% Jacques Lavoie
Eligible: 32,226 Votes: 21,033 Participation: 65.27% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
24 May 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10888(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:23 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
37
SC
 1/5 9,603 45.66% +2,181 Loser:
LIB
 7,422 35.29% Gaston Pratte

Service: 1 year 11 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,254 Votes: 39,076 Participation: 72.02% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4580(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
SC
 2/7 15,295 39.14% -852 Winner:
LIB
 16,147 41.32% Henri Tousignant

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gilles Caouette, M.P.		 04 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gilles Caouette, député		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gilles Caouette		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gilles Caouette		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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