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♂ Arthur Portelance
aliasArthur Portelance
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 19 March 1928 → 96 years + 2 months ago
Lived 80 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 3 months
Death 27 November 2008 → 15 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 2 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Portelance (1928–2008)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair use
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 16 2 5

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Denis Lazure  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,723 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10072(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 19,051 54.87% +10,185 Loser:
PC
 8,866 25.53% Marcel Faribault

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,458 Votes: 40,180 Participation: 69.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10322(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 20,860 51.92% +13,725 Loser:
SC
 7,135 17.76% André Bernard

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,861 Votes: 37,993 Participation: 65.66% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10586(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/5 20,698 59.96% +14,141 Loser:
PC
 6,557 19.00% Lionel Rozon

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,720 Votes: 44,998 Participation: 71.74% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4531(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/7 30,567 67.93% +25,320 Loser:
SC
 5,247 11.66% Jean-Guy Daoust

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,720 Votes: 40,988 Participation: 65.35% Candidacies: 9
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4249(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/9 29,232 72.39% +24,726 Loser:
NDP
 4,506 11.16% Mariette Caron-Denis

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,774 Votes: 47,661 Participation: 75.92% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3979(F) — 31 Mar 2024 19:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 20,870 44.52% Michel Gravel

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Portelance, M.P.		  8 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Portelance, député		  8 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Portelance		  8 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Portelance		  8 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jun 2024 22:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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