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♂ Dennis Dawson
aliasDennis Dawson
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 28 September 1949
Age 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 24 May 1977 → 46 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 7 months ago (3 September 1984)
Special notes
None
 
Dennis Dawson (1949– )
© Photo 2010 Chancellerie d’État de Lettonie — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Québec (2005–2023)
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
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 7 3 8

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ J. Michel Doyon  m 
⊕ Christian Simard  m 
 		 ⊕ Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis  f 
 
Eligible: 74,430 Votes: 42,578 Participation: 57.21% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
24 May 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10887(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
LIB
 1/4 30,763 72.25% +21,621 Loser:
PC
 9,142 21.47% Jean Lavoie

Service: 1 year 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,607 Votes: 57,436 Participation: 75.97% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4551(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
LIB
 1/6 37,908 66.00% +28,611 Loser:
SC
 9,297 16.19% Henri Gariépy

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 75,607 Votes: 53,379 Participation: 70.60% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4269(F) — 31 Mar 2024 20:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/7 34,231 64.75% +26,839 Loser:
NDP
 7,392 13.98% Robert Caron

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,741 Votes: 64,613 Participation: 81.03% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3987(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
LIB
 2/7 22,592 35.30% -6,828 Winner:
PC
 29,420 45.96% Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis
Eligible: 83,685 Votes: 47,430 Participation: 56.68% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1182(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 2/6 11,866 25.63% -11,123 Winner:
BQ
 22,989 49.65% Christian Simard

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Dennis Dawson, Senator		 22 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Dennis Dawson, sénateur		 22 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dennis Dawson		 22 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dennis Dawson		 22 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Apr 2024 07:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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