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♂ Paul Gouin
aliasPaul Gouin
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 1 2 3
Birth 20 May 1898 → 125 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 November 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 6 months
Death 4 December 1976 → 47 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 3 months after 16 August 1936
Special notes
None
 
Paul Gouin (1898–1976)
© Photo 1945 Conrad Poirier — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Gaspard Fauteux (1898–1963) Cousin  
⊖ Lomer Gouin (1861–1929) Father  
⊖ Honoré Mercier (1840–1894) Grandfather  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 0 8 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 18–20
ALN
 1 Party leader 36–38 06 Jun 1934 — 01 Sep 1936 2 2 26
2. QC 20
ALN
 2 Party leader 40–41 24 Jul 1938 — 26 Oct 1939 1 3 2

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Victor-Stanislas Chartrand  m 
⊖ Walter Reed  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph-Achille Francoeur  m 
⊖ Gérard Thibeault  m 
 
Eligible: 4,465 Votes: 3,987 Participation: 89.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16223(F) — 8 Sep 2021 09:57 ET
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 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
ALN
 1/2 1,969 50.80% +62 Loser:
QLP
 1,907 49.20% Walter Reed

Service: 8 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,368 Votes: 11,819 Participation: 72.21% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16422(F) — 8 Sep 2021 09:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
41
ALN
 3/4 1,524 13.19% -4,691 Winner:
QLP
 6,215 53.77% Joseph-Achille Francoeur
Eligible: 10,638 Votes: 8,934 Participation: 83.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16493(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
46
NI
 3/3 2,124 24.14% -1,398 Winner:
UN
 3,522 40.02% Victor-Stanislas Chartrand

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Paul Gouin		 25 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Paul Gouin		 25 Feb 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Paul Gouin		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Gouin		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Gouin		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 10:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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