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♂ Gérard Desjardins
aliasGérard Desjardins
Record
15606 · 9930

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 4 1 5
Birth 27 June 1909 → 114 years + 10 months ago
Lived 53 years + 5 months
First mandate 28 July 1948 → 75 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
Death 25 December 1962 → 61 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 1 month + 12 days after 13 November 1962
Special notes
None
 

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
Québec 14 3 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Roy Fournier  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph-Célestin Nadon  m 
 
Eligible: 16,309 Votes: 12,812 Participation: 78.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Québec
28 July 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16578(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
UN
 1/3 6,649 52.34% +1,104 Loser:
QLP
 5,545 43.65% Joseph-Célestin Nadon

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,949 Votes: 13,886 Participation: 77.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Québec
16 July 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16671(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
UN
 1/3 8,268 60.04% +3,251 Loser:
QLP
 5,017 36.43% J.-Edgar Merleau

Service: 3 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,445 Votes: 14,840 Participation: 76.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Québec
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UN  Majority
ID: 16763(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
UN
 1/2 8,206 55.96% +1,748 Loser:
QLP
 6,458 44.04% Joseph-Zéphirin Dufour

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,296 Votes: 17,951 Participation: 80.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Québec
22 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16857(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
UN
 1/3 9,846 55.42% +2,140 Loser:
QLP
 7,706 43.37% Joseph-Zéphirin Dufour

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,497 Votes: 19,065 Participation: 77.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Québec
14 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16955(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
UN
 2/2 8,564 45.43% -1,725 Winner:
QLP
 10,289 54.57% Roy Fournier

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Gérard Desjardins		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gérard Desjardins		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 15:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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