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♂ Joseph Dufour
aliasJoseph Dufour
Record
17409 · 9636

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 6 1 7
Birth 28 November 1874 → 149 years + 4 months ago
Lived 81 years + 11 months
First mandate 23 June 1919 → 104 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 2 November 1956 → 67 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 2 months after 7 August 1944
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 21 11 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Philippe Cossette  m 
 		 ⊖ Ferdinand Paradis  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 8,013 Votes: 5,740 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Québec
23 June 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15849(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
QLP
 1/4 2,338 40.92% +655 Loser:
QLP
 1,683 29.45% Joseph Roy

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,315 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
16		 Québec
5 February 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15995(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,105 Votes: 3,161 Participation: 61.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Québec
16 May 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16055(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
QLP
 1/3 2,187 69.23% +1,318 Loser:
CONS
 869 27.51% Thomas Belley

Service: 4 years 3 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,672 Votes: 4,528 Participation: 79.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16140(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
QLP
 1/2 2,813 62.57% +1,130 Loser:
CONS
 1,683 37.43% Georges-Oscar Rioux

Service: 4 years 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,486 Votes: 5,594 Participation: 86.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16234(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
QLP
 1/2 2,809 50.86% +95 Loser:
ALN
 2,714 49.14% Ferdinand Paradis

Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,048 Votes: 6,066 Participation: 86.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16324(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
QLP
 2/2 2,840 47.03% -359 Winner:
UN
 3,199 52.97% Ferdinand Paradis
Eligible: 6,999 Votes: 5,520 Participation: 78.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16414(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
64
QLP
 1/3 3,089 56.37% +840 Loser:
UN
 2,249 41.04% Philippe Cossette

Service: 4 years 9 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,553 Votes: 11,141 Participation: 82.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16504(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
UN
 4,979 45.14% Philippe Cossette

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph Dufour		 30 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Dufour (Quebec MLA)		 30 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Joseph Dufour (homme politique)		 30 Sep 2023

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