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♂ Gabriel Fontaine
aliasGabriel Fontaine
Record
20278 · 977

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 17 September 1940
Age 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 6 months ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Gabriel Fontaine (1940– )
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 9 1 18

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Antoine Dubé  m 
⊖ John Paul L. Harney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Gaston Gourde  m 
 
Eligible: 83,324 Votes: 65,779 Participation: 78.94% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3984(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
PC
 1/6 32,338 49.60% +15,055 Loser:
LIB
 17,283 26.51% Gaston Gourde

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 58,621 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Québec
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3689(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 33,673 57.44% +20,671 Loser:
LIB
 13,002 22.18% Denis Sonier

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 88,310 Votes: 68,413 Participation: 77.47% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Québec
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3394(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
BQ
 40,487 61.52% Antoine Dubé

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gabriel Fontaine, M.P.		 13 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gabriel Fontaine, député		 13 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gabriel Fontaine		 13 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gabriel Fontaine		 13 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Mar 2024 06:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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