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♂ Joseph-Alphida Crête
aliasJoseph-Alphida Crête
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Québec 1 0 1
Total 3 1 4
Birth 9 July 1890 → 133 years + 11 months ago
Lived 73 years + 9 months
First mandate 24 August 1931 → 92 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 1 month
Death 20 April 1964 → 60 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
Joseph-Alphida Crête (1890–1964)
© Photo 1940 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Crête was a Liberal parliamentarian from Quebec from 1931 to 1945, both provincially and federally. Optometrist by profession, he was also a trapper, forest ranger, jeweler, photographer, and filmmaker. He was the author of the film Chasses et pêches canadiennes.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 7 25
Québec 4 1 7 Z
TOTAL 13 9 2

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Polydore Beaulac  m 
⊖ René Hamel  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph-Auguste Frigon  m 
 
Eligible: 6,597 Votes: 5,407 Participation: 81.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Québec
24 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16190(F) — 18 Feb 2022 20:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
QLP
 1/2 3,010 56.11% +656 Loser:
CONS
 2,354 43.89% Léovide Francoeur
After his election:
1 Oct 1935 45
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 4 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,943 Votes: 16,789 Participation: 76.51% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Québec
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22764(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 5,505 32.79% +1,268 Loser:
ILIB
 4,237 25.24% Polydore Beaulac

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,916 Votes: 5,750 Participation: 72.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Québec
25 November 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 16228(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
ALN
 3,497 61.00% Charles-Romulus Ducharme
Eligible: 27,081 Votes: 19,319 Participation: 71.34% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Québec
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23070(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 9,440 48.86% +1,975 Loser:
ILIB
 7,465 38.64% Joseph-Auguste Frigon

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,292 Votes: 24,135 Participation: 79.67% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Québec
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23330(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/4 9,323 38.63% -456 Winner:
BPC
 9,779 40.52% René Hamel

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Alphida Crête, M.P.		  3 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joseph-Alphida Crête, député		  3 Jun 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Joseph-Alphida Crête		  3 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph-Alphida Crête		  3 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joseph-Alphida Crête		  3 Jun 2024

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