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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4A liberal, Chr\u00e9tien served three terms as Prime Minister (1993 to 2003), having decisively defeated Prime Minister Kim Campbell in the 1993 general election.  He was the first prime minister to win three consecutive majority governments since Sir Wilfrid Laurier.Chr\u00e9tien led the Liberal Party of Canada in three general elections (1993, 1997 and 2000). He resigned the party leadership in 2003 and was succeeded by Paul Martin.Chr\u00e9tien stood for election to the House of Commons of Canada twelve times and was elected each time (eleven general elections and one by-election).  He served continuously in the House from 1963 to 1986, when he resigned over disagreements with Liberal leader John Turner. After winning the Liberal leadership in 1990, he re-entered the Commons by a by-election, and was re-elected three more times, until he retired in 2004.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Chr\u00e9tien stood for election as leader of the Liberal Party twice.  He lost in 1984 to Turner, but he won in 1990, succeeding Turner as Liberal leader.Table of ContentsSummary[edit]Federal general elections: 1993, 1997, and 2000[edit]Federal election, 1993[edit]Federal election, 1997[edit]Federal election, 2000[edit]Federal constituency elections: 1963 to 1984; 1990 to 2000[edit]1963 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice\u2014Lafl\u00e8che[edit]1965 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice\u2014Lafl\u00e8che[edit]1968 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1972 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1974 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1979 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1980 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1984 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1990 Federal By-Election: Beaus\u00e9jour[edit]1993 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]1997 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]2000 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit]Liberal Party Leadership Conventions:  1984, 1990[edit]1984 Leadership Convention[edit]1990 Leadership Convention[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Summary[edit]         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Canada had ten provinces and two territories at the beginning of Chr\u00e9tien’s term as Prime Minister.  Canada had ten provinces and three territories at the end of Chr\u00e9tien’s term as Prime Minister.Chr\u00e9tien ranks fifth out of twenty-three prime ministers for time in office, serving one term of ten years and thirty-eight days.[1]Chr\u00e9tien was the sixth of eight prime ministers from Quebec, the others being Sir John Abbott, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Louis St. Laurent, Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau.  He was also the fourth of five francophone prime ministers, the others being Laurier, St. Laurent, Pierre Trudeau, and Justin Trudeau.A lawyer, Chr\u00e9tien got involved in politics at an early age. He was first elected to the House of Commons at age 30, in the federal election of 1963.  He was appointed to Cabinet by Prime Minister Lester Pearson in 1967 and remained in Cabinet until 1984 under Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau and John Turner (except for the short Clark government (1979\u201380)).[2][3]Chr\u00e9tien led the Liberals in three general elections, winning each time.  He is the first prime minister since Sir Wilfrid Laurier to win three back-to-back majority governments.Chr\u00e9tien stood for election to the House of Commons twelve times, all but once for the riding of Saint-Maurice, which included his home town of Shawinigan.  He won more than a majority of the votes in all but two elections, and often had strong majorities.  Chr\u00e9tien was a Member of Parliament from 1963 to 1986, when he resigned over disagreements with Liberal leader John Turner.[3]  In 1990, after winning the Liberal leadership, he was elected to the Commons in a by-election for the riding of Beaus\u00e9jour in New Brunswick.  He was re-elected in Saint-Maurice in the next three elections, until he retired in 2004.  His total service in Parliament was 35 years, 10 months, and 25 days.Chr\u00e9tien stood for election as leader of the Liberal Party twice, in 1984 and 1990.  In 1984, he came in second, behind Turner.  In 1990, after Turner’s resignation, he won the leadership against his principal opponent, Paul Martin.  Although Chr\u00e9tien was successful in leading the party in three general elections, Martin and his supporters gradually undercut Chr\u00e9tien’s leadership, leading to Chr\u00e9tien’s retirement late in 2003.  He was succeeded by Martin as prime minister and Liberal leader.[3]Chr\u00e9tien remained a Member of Parliament until the 2004 general election, when he retired from politics.Federal general elections: 1993, 1997, and 2000[edit]Chr\u00e9tien led the Liberal Party in three general elections: 1993, 1997 and 2000.  He won majority governments each time.Federal election, 1993[edit]In his first general election as leader, Chr\u00e9tien won a majority government and in the process reduced the Progressive Conservatives from a majority to just two seats in the Commons.1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called;  Prime Minister after election.2 Leader of a third party when election was called;  Leader of the Opposition after the election.3 Prime Minister when election was called;  not a Member of Parliament after the election. 4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.Federal election, 1997[edit]In his second general election, Chr\u00e9tien again won a majority government, albeit with a reduced number of seats, against a fractured set of opposition parties.1 Prime Minister when election was called;  Prime Minister after election.2 Leader of a third party when election was called;  Leader of the Opposition after the election.3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called;  leader of a third party after the election. 4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.Federal election, 2000[edit]In his third general election, Chr\u00e9tien won another majority government with an increased number of seats, against a number of opposition parties.1 Prime Minister when election was called;  Prime Minister after election.2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called;  Leader of the Opposition after the election.3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.Federal constituency elections: 1963 to 1984; 1990 to 2000[edit]Chr\u00e9tien  stood for election to the House of Commons twelve times. He was elected each time, often with substantial majorities.1963 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice\u2014Lafl\u00e8che[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.1 Rounding error.1965 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice\u2014Lafl\u00e8che[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.The riding of Saint-Maurice\u2014Lafl\u00e8che was abolished in the re-distribution of 1966.1968 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.1972 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent. 1 Rounding error.1974 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.1979 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.1980 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent. 1 Rounding error.1984 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.Note:  Chr\u00e9tien resigned his seat effective February 27, 1986.1990 Federal By-Election: Beaus\u00e9jour[edit]The incumbent, Fernand Robichaud, resigned his seat on September 24, 1990, after Chr\u00e9tien was elected party leader, to allow Chr\u00e9tien an opportunity to enter the House of Commons. Elected.1993 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected.1997 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.2000 Federal Election: Saint-Maurice[edit] Elected. X Incumbent.Liberal Party Leadership Conventions:  1984, 1990[edit]Chr\u00e9tien contested the Liberal leadership twice.  He lost in 1984 to Turner, who then led the Liberal party in the next two general elections.  Turner retired after the loss in the 1988 general election, and Chr\u00e9tien won the leadership convention held in 1990.1984 Leadership Convention[edit]Trudeau announced his retirement early in 1984.  Chr\u00e9tien entered the leadership election but lost on the second ballot to Turner.1990 Leadership Convention[edit]Following the Liberal defeat in the 1988 general election, Turner announced his retirement.  At the leadership convention held in 1990, Chr\u00e9tien won on the first ballot, defeating his principal opponent, Paul Martin.1 Rounding error.See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/electoral-history-of-jean-chretien\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Electoral history of Jean Chr\u00e9tien"}}]}]