Henri-Georges Grenier was a 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...

 who ran unsuccessfully in thirteen federal elections and by-elections between 1945 and 1980 in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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, and in at least one provincial by-election. Grenier, who listed his occupation variously as clerk, real estate broker, and economic researcher, ran as an independent candidate and at different times, under at least four different banners:

• Capital familial
• Droit vital personnel
• Esprit Social
• Parti humain familial

Federal elections and by-elections

H.-G. Grenier's Election Results
Date of election	Party or label	Riding Electoral district (Canada) An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...	# of votes	% of popular vote
11 June 1945 election Canadian federal election, 1945 The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...	Independent	Three Rivers	423	2.0%
27 June 1949 election Canadian federal election, 1949 The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...	Independent	Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (electoral district) Trois-Rivières is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present....	432	1.7%
10 June 1957 election Canadian federal election, 1957 The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...	Capital familial	Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (electoral district) Trois-Rivières is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present....	237	0.8%
31 March 1958 election Canadian federal election, 1958 The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...	Capital familial	Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (electoral district) Trois-Rivières is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present....	986	3.3%
1961 (by-election)	Capital familial	Chambly Chambly (provincial electoral district) Chambly is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Situated in the Montérégie region south of Montreal, the riding was created in 1829...	223	0,01%
8 June 1962 election Canadian federal election, 1962 The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...	Capital familial	Saint-Denis Saint-Denis (electoral district) Saint-Denis was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1997....	393	1.6%
10 February 1964 (by-election)	Parti humain familial	Saint-Denis Saint-Denis (electoral district) Saint-Denis was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1997....	68	0.4%
29 May 1965 (by-election)	Esprit social	Outremont—Saint-Jean Outremont (electoral district) Outremont is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and since 1968...	214	1.9%
8 November 1965 election Canadian federal election, 1965 The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House...	Droit vital personnel	Outremont—Saint-Jean Outremont (electoral district) Outremont is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and since 1968...	465	2.3%
19 September 1966 (by-election)	unknown	Nicolet—Yamaska Nicolet—Yamaska Nicolet—Yamaska was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.-History:This riding was created in 1933 from Nicolet and Yamaska ridings.It was defined initially to consist of:...	44	0.3%
25 June 1968 election Canadian federal election, 1968 The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...	Esprit social	St.-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...	311	1.9%
31 May 1971 (by-election)	Esprit social	Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (electoral district) Trois-Rivières is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present....	422	1.6%
30 October 1972 election 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...	unknown	Outremont Outremont (electoral district) Outremont is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and since 1968...	109	0.3%
18 February 1980 election Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...	Independent	Outremont Outremont (electoral district) Outremont is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and since 1968...	140	0.4%

Provincial by-election

Source

• Parliament of Canada History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867