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♂ Pierre Bussières
aliasPierre Bussières
Record
8519 · 906

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 8 July 1939 → 84 years + 11 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 35 years
Death 15 August 2014 → 9 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 11 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Pierre Bussières (1939–2014)
© 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 10 1 25

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 40–43 04 Mar 1980 — 29 Sep 1982 2 6 25
2. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 43–44 30 Sep 1982 — 29 Jun 1984 1 8 30
 1. Minister of State [Finance]
 2. National Revenue

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Roland Godin  m 
⊖ Monique Tardif  f 
 		 ⊖ Robert B. Lafrenière  m 
 
Eligible: 80,495 Votes: 55,065 Participation: 68.41% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10618(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
LIB
 1/4 25,620 48.82% +6,164 Loser:
SC
 19,456 37.07% Roland Godin

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 84,432 Votes: 61,849 Participation: 73.25% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4523(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/5 40,796 65.96% +30,335 Loser:
SC
 10,461 16.91% Louis Leclerc

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,432 Votes: 60,475 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Québec
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4241(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 42,569 71.06% +35,181 Loser:
NDP
 7,388 12.33% Étienne Tremblay

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 93,566 Votes: 72,594 Participation: 77.59% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3962(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 2/7 22,637 31.56% -14,955 Winner:
PC
 37,592 52.41% Monique B. Tardif

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Pierre Bussières, P.C.		  2 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Pierre Bussières, C.P.		  2 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pierre Bussières		  2 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Pierre Bussières		  2 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Jun 2024 16:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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