Claude-André Lachance (born April 5, 1954) is a former Canadian politician. At the time of his election, aged 20, Lachance was the youngest person ever to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada, and held this record until the election of 19-year-old Pierre-Luc Dusseault in 2011.[1]
Claude-André Lachance | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Rosemont (Lafontaine; 1974–1979) | |
| In office July 8, 1974 – September 4, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Georges-C. Lachance |
| Succeeded by | Suzanne Blais-Grenier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1954 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | Georges-C. Lachance, father |
| Committees | Chair, Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (1980-1984) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State (Trade) (1980-1981) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1978-1979) |
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was first elected as a Liberal candidate in the 1974 federal election in the Montreal riding of Rosemont. He was re-elected in the 1979 and 1980 elections. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1978)[2] and Minister of State (Trade) (1980–1981).
He earned a Civil Law degree from McGill University, followed by a master's degree in Public Law from University of Ottawa. He was admitted to the Québec Bar in 1977.
He is currently Government Affairs Director for Dow Canada.
Electoral record
edit| 1980 Canadian federal election: Rosemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Claude-André Lachance | 26,544 | 75.86 | +4.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marcel Julien | 3,337 | 9.54 | +3.89 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léon Vellone | 2,260 | 6.46 | −1.44 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | G. Mara Tremblay | 1,310 | 3.74 | +0.59 | ||||
| Social Credit | Yvette Gosselin | 912 | 2.61 | −7.29 | ||||
| Non-Affiliated | Jocelyne Lachapelle | 199 | 0.57 | |||||
| Independent | René Denis | 197 | 0.56 | −0.73 | ||||
| Union populaire | Monique Fournier | 139 | 0.40 | −0.02 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Francine Tremblay | 91 | 0.26 | −0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,989 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 543 | |||||||
| Turnout | 35,532 | 63.91 | −9.75 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,596 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980. | ||||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Rosemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Claude-André Lachance | 28,116 | 71.01 | |||||
| Social Credit | Emery Whelan | 3,919 | 9.90 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Léon Vellone | 3,129 | 7.90 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marcel Julien | 2,238 | 5.65 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Francine Lévesque | 1,248 | 3.15 | – | ||||
| Independent | René Denis | 509 | 1.29 | |||||
| Union populaire | André Kishka | 167 | 0.42 | |||||
| Communist | Bernadette LeBrun | 156 | 0.39 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Francine Tremblay | 115 | 0.29 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 39,597 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 708 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,305 | 73.66 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 54,718 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979. | ||||||||
External links
edit- "Carleton University profile". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- Claude-André Lachance – Parliament of Canada biography
References
edit- ^ "Meet Canada's youngest MP in history". The Globe and Mail. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Canada, Government of. "Twentieth Ministry - Parliamentary Secretaries - Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation". guide-ministries.canada.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-28.