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♂ Yves Forest
aliasYves Forest
Record
20407 · 220

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 25 June 1921 → 103 years ago
Lived 98 years
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 9 months
Death 18 July 2019 → 4 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 8 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Yves Forest (1921–2019)
© Photo 1968 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 9 6 20

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ W. Heward Grafftey  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ René Létourneau  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,757 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25000(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 7,649 40.78% +1,255 Loser:
PC
 6,394 34.09% René J.E. Létourneau

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,122 Votes: 18,360 Participation: 76.11% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25269(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 7,626 42.06% +1,131 Loser:
PC
 6,495 35.82% René J.E. Létourneau

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,618 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10097(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/4 12,905 42.15% +1,200 Loser:
PC
 11,705 38.23% W. Heward Grafftey

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,067 Votes: 37,591 Participation: 78.21% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10347(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/4 12,165 32.36% -3,428 Winner:
PC
 15,593 41.48% W. Heward Grafftey

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
FR Non-standard link
Patrick Trudeau, Le Reflet du Lac (24 juillet 2019), L’ancien député Yves Forest s’éteint à 98 ans		  6 Jun 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Yves Forest, Q.C., M.P.		  6 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Yves Forest, c.r., député		  6 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Yves Forest		  6 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Yves Forest		  6 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Jun 2024 18:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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