Patricia Métivier is a resident of Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 and an obscure perennial candidate

Perennial candidate

A perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is infrequent, if existent at all. Perennial candidates are often either members of minority political parties or have political opinions that are not mainstream. They may run without any serious hope...

 in Canadian politics

Politics of Canada

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Background

Listed over the years as an accountant, a researcher or a TV announcer, she ran in at least 25 elections from 1972

Canadian federal election, 1972

The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...

 to 2001. Most of the time, she would not get more than 2.5% of the vote. In 1976 she attempted to run in the Social Credit Party of Canada leadership convention but was denied credentials to attend the convention and was thus barred from running.

Despite her many attempts to win elected office, she has not come even close to breaking the record for the most elections contested, established by once political rival John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the Guinness Book of Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost having contested 75 elections and lost 74...

 from Ottawa. Both Turmel and Métivier contested the same election in the district of Frontenac

Frontenac (Quebec electoral district)

Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997.This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Lotbinière and Mégantic ridings...

 in 1980.

Information on what was said or written by Métivier in the past is very scarce.

Election history

	Date	Level	Office	Party	Share of the Vote	Rank
1.	October 30, 1972	Federal	Member of Saint-Jacques Saint-Jacques (electoral district) Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Canada The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...	10.8%	3rd
2.	July 8, 1974	Federal	Member of Labelle Labelle (electoral district) Labelle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1988.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Ottawa riding....	Independent	0.4%	7th
3.	November 10, 1974	Municipal	Mayor of Montreal Mayor of Montreal The Mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of Montreal City Council.The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and provincial laws within Montreal....	Independent	1.1%	4th
4.	May 22, 1979	Federal	Member of Saint-Jacques Saint-Jacques (electoral district) Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings...	Independent	0.5%	8th
5.	February 18, 1980	Federal	Member of Saint-Jacques Saint-Jacques (electoral district) Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings...	Independent	0.2%	10th
6.	March 24, 1980	Federal (postponed election)	Member of Frontenac Frontenac (Quebec electoral district) Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997.This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Lotbinière and Mégantic ridings...	Independent	0.3%	7th
7.	November 17, 1980	Provincial by-election	Member of Outremont Outremont (provincial electoral district) Outremont is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in central Montreal, the riding was created in 1965. Previously, it was part of the riding of Montreal-Outremont that existed from 1939 to 1965...	Independent	0.2%	6th
8.	April 13, 1981	Provincial	Member of Westmount Westmount (provincial electoral district) Westmount was a provincial electoral district located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montreal region, Westmount was formed in 1912. In 1994, it became part of Westmount—Saint-Louis. From 1939 to 1966, it was part of Westmount-Saint-Georges...	Independent	0.4%	6th
9.	April 5, 1982	Provincial by-election	Member of Louis-Hébert Louis-Hébert (provincial electoral district) Louis-Hébert is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Located in the Capitale-Nationale region, the riding was formed in 1965 and includes mostly central and western portions of Quebec City west of Autoroute 73 and Autoroute 740...	Independent	1.7%	3rd
10.	November 14, 1982	Municipal	Mayor of Montreal	Independent	0.3%	5th
11.	June 20, 1983	Provincial by-election	Member of Saint-Jacques Saint-Jacques (provincial electoral district) Saint-Jacques was a provincial electoral district located in Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montreal region, the riding was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Saint-Jacques which was formed in 1915. It was also known as Montreal division 2 district...	Independent	0.3%	10th
12.	December 5, 1983	Provincial by-election	Member of Mégantic-Compton Mégantic-Compton (provincial electoral district) Megantic-Compton is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, the riding was created in 1972 after the merger of the Mégantic and Compton ridings that existed both since 1867...	Independent	0.8%	4th
13.	June 18, 1984	Provincial by-election	Member of Marie-Victorin Marie-Victorin (electoral district) Marie-Victorin is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Longueuil. It is bordered to the north by chemin de Chambly, to the east by Boulevard Jacques-Cartier, to the south by the Canadian National railway...	Independent	2.4%	3rd
14.	November 26, 1984	Provincial by-election	Member of Saint-Jacques Saint-Jacques (provincial electoral district) Saint-Jacques was a provincial electoral district located in Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montreal region, the riding was formed in 1966 from parts of Montreal-Saint-Jacques which was formed in 1915. It was also known as Montreal division 2 district...	Independent	1.0%	5th
15.	June 3, 1985	Provincial by-election	Member of Bertrand (Montérégie) Marguerite-D'Youville Marguerite-D'Youville is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The municipalities of Boucherville and Sainte-Julie are situated in this district. In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 59% for Quebec to separate...	Independent	0.5%	7th
16.	December 2, 1985	Provincial	Member of Westmount Westmount (provincial electoral district) Westmount was a provincial electoral district located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montreal region, Westmount was formed in 1912. In 1994, it became part of Westmount—Saint-Louis. From 1939 to 1966, it was part of Westmount-Saint-Georges...	Independent	0.4%	5th
17.	January 20, 1986	Provincial by-election	Member of Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent (provincial electoral district) Saint-Laurent is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal...	Independent	0.3%	9th
18.	November 9, 1986	Municipal	City Councillor City council A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...  of Loyola	Democratic Alliance	1.9%	3rd
19.	November 21, 1988	Federal	Member of Saint-Hubert Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988...	Green Party Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	1.4%	5th
20.	April 9, 1989	Municipal by-election	City Councillor City council A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies... of Sault-au-Récollet	Democratic Alliance	0%	4th
21.	November 4, 1990	Municipal	Mayor of Montreal	Independent	0.9%	7th
22.	November 1, 1992	Municipal by-election	City councillor of Saint-Jacques	Independent	0.9%	11th
23.	November 6, 1994	Municipal	Mayor of Montreal	Independent	0.2%	9th
24.	November 1, 1998	Municipal	Mayor of Montreal	Independent	0.7%	6th
25.	November 4, 2001	Municipal	Mayor of Montreal	Independent	0.3%	6th

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