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♂ Gilles Bernier
aliasGilles Bernier
Record
4425 · 942

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 15 July 1934
Age 89 years + 9 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
Gilles Bernier (1934– )
© Photo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Maxime Bernier (1963–) Son  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 12 8 24

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Normand Lapointe  m 
 
 
Eligible: 58,837 Votes: 47,624 Participation: 80.94% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3951(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 1/4 25,028 53.10% +4,705 Loser:
LIB
 20,323 43.11% Normand Lapointe

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 52,709 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3656(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 36,212 68.70% +22,571 Loser:
LIB
 13,641 25.88% Pierre-Maurice Vachon
After his election:
1 Sep 1993 59
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,866 Votes: 51,774 Participation: 73.06% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3362(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
IND
 1/5 20,343 40.45% +2,142 Loser:
BQ
 18,201 36.19% Jean-Guy Breton

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 72,343 Votes: 46,229 Participation: 63.90% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Québec
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3061(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 22,156 49.10% Claude Drouin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Gilles Bernier, M.P.		 09 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Gilles Bernier, député		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gilles Bernier (Quebec politician)		 09 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gilles Bernier (Québec)		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 10:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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