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♂ Lucien Bouchard
aliasLucien Bouchard
Record
6045 · 969

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Québec 2 0 2
Total 5 0 5
Birth 22 December 1938
Age 85 years + 4 months
First mandate 20 June 1988 → 35 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 23 years + 1 month ago (8 March 2001)
Special notes
None
 
Lucien Bouchard (1938– )
© Photo 2013 Simon Villeneuve — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 6 23
Québec 5 0 16 Z
TOTAL 12 7 10

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 49–50 31 Mar 1988 — 29 Jan 1989 0 9 29
2. CA 33–34
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 49–51 08 Dec 1988 — 21 May 1990 1 5 13
3. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 51 01 Feb 1990 — 21 May 1990 0 3 20
4. CA 34–35
BQ
 1 Party leader 51–57 25 Jul 1990 — 14 Jan 1996 5 5 20
5. CA 35
BQ
 1 Opposition Leader 54–57 04 Nov 1993 — 14 Jan 1996 2 2 10
6. QC 35–36
PQ
 1 Party leader 57–62 29 Jan 1996 — 08 Mar 2001 5 1 8
7. QC 35–36
PQ
 1 Premier 57–62 29 Jan 1996 — 08 Mar 2001 5 1 8
 1. Secretary of State of Canada
 2. Environment [Int]
 3. Québec [Without portfolio]

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Michel Chartrand  m 
 		 ⊕ Pierre J.J.G.A. Gimaïel  m 
 
Eligible: 53,547 Votes: 30,713 Participation: 57.36% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Québec
20 June 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10866(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
PC
 1/4 16,951 55.19% +6,205 Loser:
LIB
 10,746 34.99% Pierre J.J.G.A. Gimaïel

Service: 5 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,850 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3681(F) — 14 Nov 2023 07:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 23,112 66.32% +16,764 Loser:
NDP
 6,348 18.22% Jean Paradis
After his election:
22 May 1990 51
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
22 Dec 1990 52
IND
 →
BQ
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,861 Votes: 37,260 Participation: 76.26% Candidacies: 4
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3386(F) — 30 Jan 2022 19:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
BQ
 1/4 27,258 75.56% +22,086 Loser:
LIB
 5,172 14.34% Noël Girard
After his election:
15 Jan 1996 57
BQ
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 2 years 2 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,614 Votes: 26,602 Participation: 60.99% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
35		 Québec
19 February 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11345(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
57
PQ
 1/7 24,900 94.82% +24,416 Loser:
C
 484 1.84% George Butcher

Service: 2 years 9 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,861 Votes: 27,139 Participation: 55.54% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 March 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10851(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
BQ
 20,777 76.56% Stéphan Tremblay
Eligible: 44,415 Votes: 34,158 Participation: 76.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 412(F) — 20 Feb 2022 16:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
59
PQ
 1/5 20,475 60.48% +13,923 Loser:
QLP
 6,552 19.35% Guylaine Caron
After his election:
8 Mar 2001 62
PQ
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,716 Votes: 28,374 Participation: 63.45% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Québec
1 October 2001
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 11360(F) — 22 Dec 2023 08:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
QLP
 13,077 46.54% Françoise Gauthier

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Lucien Bouchard		 11 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Lucien Bouchard		 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Lucien Bouchard, P.C., G.O.Q., M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Lucien Bouchard, C.P., G.O.Q., député		 11 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Lucien Bouchard		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lucien Bouchard		 11 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Lucien Bouchard		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 22:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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