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♂ Télesphore-Damien Bouchard
aliasTélesphore-Damien Bouchard
Record
6066 · 9844

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 8 1 9
Birth 20 December 1881 → 142 years + 4 months ago
Lived 80 years + 10 months
First mandate 15 May 1912 → 111 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 4 months
Death 13 November 1962 → 61 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 8 months after 6 March 1944
Special notes
Also called T.-D. Bouchard.
 

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 28 2 0 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 17
QLP
 1 Speaker 45–49 16 May 1927 — 23 Aug 1931 4 3 7
2. QC 17–18
QLP
 2 Speaker 48–53 07 Jan 1930 — 06 Jun 1935 5 4 30
3. QC 20
QLP
 1 Opposition Leader 54–57 17 Aug 1936 — 24 Oct 1939 3 2 7

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Armand Boisseau  m 
 
 
Eligible: 5,812 Votes: 4,510 Participation: 77.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Québec
15 May 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15709(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
QLP
 1/2 2,278 51.01% +90 Loser:
CONS
 2,188 48.99% Ernest Guimont

Service: 4 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,572 Votes: 4,700 Participation: 84.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Québec
22 May 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15795(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
QLP
 1/2 2,457 52.84% +264 Loser:
CONS
 2,193 47.16% G.-F. Durocher dit Desrochers

Service: 3 years 1 month (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,179 Votes: 4,228 Participation: 81.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Québec
23 June 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15876(F) — 18 Feb 2022 08:00 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
QLP
 2/2 1,844 43.82% -520 Winner:
QLP
 2,364 56.18% Armand Boisseau
Eligible: 5,563 Votes: 4,377 Participation: 78.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Québec
5 February 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15994(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
41
QLP
 1/2 2,597 59.74% +847 Loser:
CONS
 1,750 40.26% Eugène Chartier

Service: 4 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,460 Votes: 3,562 Participation: 65.24% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Québec
16 May 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16085(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
QLP
 1/2 2,325 66.33% +1,145 Loser:
CONS
 1,180 33.67% Lucien Blanchet

Service: 4 years 3 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,115 Votes: 5,311 Participation: 86.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16170(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
QLP
 1/2 3,115 58.78% +931 Loser:
CONS
 2,184 41.22% Horace Saint-Germain

Service: 4 years 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,373 Votes: 6,350 Participation: 86.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16265(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
QLP
 1/2 3,381 53.68% +463 Loser:
ALN
 2,918 46.32% Octave Auclair

Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,450 Votes: 6,534 Participation: 87.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Québec
17 August 1936
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16355(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
QLP
 1/2 3,289 50.44% +57 Loser:
UN
 3,232 49.56% Albert Rioux

Service: 3 years 2 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,908 Votes: 6,594 Participation: 83.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Québec
25 October 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16445(F) — 18 Feb 2022 22:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
QLP
 1/2 3,615 55.39% +703 Loser:
UN
 2,912 44.61% Jean Fortier
After his election:
6 Mar 1944 62
QLP
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 4 years 4 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,006 Votes: 13,425 Participation: 70.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Québec
8 August 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16534(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
UN
 5,962 44.97% Ernest-Joseph Chartier

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Télésphore-Damien Bouchard, Senator		 18 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Télésphore-Damien Bouchard, sénateur		 18 Sep 2023
FR Quebec National Assembly
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard		 18 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard		 18 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Télesphore-Damien Bouchard		 18 Sep 2023

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