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♂ Gilles Duceppe
aliasGilles Duceppe
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 2 9
Birth 22 July 1947
Age 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 13 August 1990 → 33 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 11 months ago (1 May 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Gilles Duceppe (1947– )
© Photo 2011 Asclepias — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (1979–) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
Duceppe is technically the first Bloc Québécois candidate to be elected. He ran in the August 1990 by-election in Laurier—Sainte-Marie following the sudden death of the riding's Liberal MP, Jean-Claude Malépart, but he did so as an independent because the Bloc had not yet been registered with Elections Canada.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 20 8 11

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 35
BQ
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 48 15 Jan 1996 — 16 Feb 1996 0 1 1
2. CA 35
BQ
 1 ✓ Party leader 48 15 Jan 1996 — 16 Feb 1996 0 1 1
3. CA 35
BQ
 2 Opposition Leader 49 15 Mar 1997 — 01 Jun 1997 0 2 17
4. CA 35–40
BQ
 2 Party leader 49–63 15 Mar 1997 — 02 May 2011 14 1 17
5. CA 41
BQ
 3 Party leader 67–68 10 Jun 2015 — 21 Oct 2015 0 4 11

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Denis Coderre  m 
⊕ Hélène Laverdière  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Marc-Boris St-Maurice  m 
 		 ⊖ Pierre Fontaine  m 
⊕ Mathieu Ravignat  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,131 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 Québec
13 August 1990
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10858(F) — 20 Apr 2024 10:02 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
BQ
 1/7 16,818 66.92% +12,006 Loser:
LIB
 4,812 19.15% Denis Coderre
After his election:
19 Dec 1990 43
BQ
 →
BQ
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,126 Votes: 42,150 Participation: 71.29% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3390(F) — 30 Jan 2022 19:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
BQ
 1/9 25,060 61.79% +15,120 Loser:
LIB
 9,940 24.51% Robert Desbiens

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 72,606 Votes: 50,831 Participation: 70.01% Candidacies: 8
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3089(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
BQ
 1/8 26,546 54.65% +15,392 Loser:
LIB
 11,154 22.96% David Ly

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,109 Votes: 45,683 Participation: 57.75% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2806(F) — 22 Dec 2023 08:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
BQ
 1/8 23,473 52.79% +12,022 Loser:
LIB
 11,451 25.75% Jean-Philippe Côté

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,741 Votes: 48,523 Participation: 60.10% Candidacies: 7
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1206(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
BQ
 1/7 28,728 60.07% +20,274 Loser:
LIB
 8,454 17.68% Jean-François Thibault

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,549 Votes: 49,345 Participation: 61.26% Candidacies: 9
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 712(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
BQ
 1/9 26,773 54.69% +18,608 Loser:
NDP
 8,165 16.68% François Grégoire

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,182 Votes: 48,381 Participation: 61.10% Candidacies: 9
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5938(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
BQ
 1/9 24,103 50.24% +15,305 Loser:
LIB
 8,798 18.34% Sébastien Caron

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,772 Votes: 50,584 Participation: 63.41% Candidacies: 9
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6478(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
63
BQ
 2/9 17,991 35.90% -5,382 Winner:
NDP
 23,373 46.64% Hélène Laverdière
Eligible: 85,056 Votes: 55,275 Participation: 64.99% Candidacies: 9
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7563(F) — 29 Sep 2022 00:19 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
68
BQ
 2/9 15,699 28.71% -5,230 Winner:
NDP
 20,929 38.27% Hélène Laverdière

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Gilles Duceppe, M.P.		 28 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Gilles Duceppe, député		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gilles Duceppe		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gilles Duceppe		 28 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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