François Pilon (born August 25, 1958) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the member for Laval—Les Îles. Pilon is a member of the New Democratic Party.
François Pilon | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Laval—Les Îles | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Raymonde Folco |
| Succeeded by | Fayçal El-Khoury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 25, 1958 Laval, Quebec |
| Political party | New Democratic Party Parti Laval |
| Alma mater | Collège Montmorency |
Background edit
Pilon was born in 1958 in Laval and has a background in architectural design. He is active in the labour movement, having served as vice-president of the Syndicat des Cols Bleus de la Ville de Laval from late 1998 to 2006.[1][2][3] In 1999, he helped lead his union into the Canadian Union of Public Employees.[4]
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons on his fourth attempt, previously running in the riding of Honoré-Mercier, which the NDP also took in 2011.
He is not to be confused with another François Pilon who has run for the Green Party in Montreal.
Electoral record edit
| 2017 Laval City Council Election: Laval-les-Îles District (17) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Council candidate | Vote | % | |
| Mouvement lavallois - Équipe Marc Demers | Nicholas Borne (X) | 2,526 | 45.86 | |
| Parti Laval - Équipe Michel Trottier | François Pilon | 1,138 | 20.66 | |
| Avenir Laval - Équipe Sonia Baudelot | Josée Trépanier | 981 | 17.81 | |
| Action Laval - Équipe Jean Claude Gobé | Cesar Augusto Maldonado | 676 | 12.27 | |
| Alliance des conseillers autonomes - Équipe Alain Lecompte et Cynthia Leblanc | Cynthia Leblanc | 187 | 3.40 | |
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Fayçal El-Khoury | 25,857 | 47.70 | +27.07 | $86,424.50 | |||
| New Democratic | François Pilon | 10,710 | 19.77 | -27.43 | $29,014.20 | |||
| Conservative | Roland Dick | 9,811 | 18.10 | +1.67 | $114,413.09 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nancy Redhead | 6,731 | 12.42 | -0.47 | $19,952.32 | |||
| Green | Faiza R'Guiba-Kalogerakis | 919 | 1.69 | -0.09 | $2,605.36 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yvon Breton | 175 | 0.32 | -0.04 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0 | $218,884.73 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 54,203 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,562 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | François Pilon | 25,703 | 47.64 | +36.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Karine Joizil | 11,108 | 20.59 | -19.85 | ||||
| Conservative | Zaki Ghavitian | 8,587 | 15.92 | -4.70 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Mohamedali Jetha | 7,022 | 13.02 | -10.52 | ||||
| Green | Brent Neil | 966 | 1.79 | -1.49 | ||||
| Pirate | Stéphane Bakhos | 369 | 0.68 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Polyvios Tsakanikas | 194 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,949 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 702 | 1.28 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,651 | 59.31 | -2.38 | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pablo Rodríguez | 21,544 | 43.67 | +5.44 | $64,461 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gérard Labelle | 13,871 | 28.12 | −6.71 | $57,274 | |||
| Conservative | Rodrigo Alfaro | 7,549 | 15.30 | −2.14 | $35,152 | |||
| New Democratic | François Pilon | 4,986 | 10.11 | +3.89 | $1,499 | |||
| Green | Gaëtan Bérard | 1,380 | 2.80 | −0.13 | $1,387 | |||
| Total valid votes | 49,330 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 667 | 1.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,997 | 62.16 | −2.71 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 80,429 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.08 | ||||||
| Source: Official Voting Results, 40th General Election 2008, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pablo Rodríguez | 19,622 | 38.23 | −7.87 | $62,095 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gérard Labelle | 17,879 | 34.83 | −5.54 | $39,105 | |||
| Conservative | Angelo M. Marino | 8,952 | 17.44 | +11.42 | $62,813 | |||
| New Democratic | François Pilon | 3,191 | 6.22 | +2.13 | $2,374 | |||
| Green | Sylvain Castonguay | 1,502 | 2.93 | +1.16 | not listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Hélène Héroux | 183 | 0.36 | +0.02 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 51,329 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 650 | 1.25 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,979 | 64.87 | +3.23 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 80,122 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.17 | ||||||
| Source: Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pablo Rodríguez | 22,223 | 46.10 | −11.76 | $78,649 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Éric St-Hilaire | 19,461 | 40.37 | +10.02 | $13,063 | |||
| Conservative | Gianni Chiazzese | 2,902 | 6.02 | −2.28 | $5,060 | |||
| New Democratic | François Pilon | 1,973 | 4.09 | +2.81 | $885 | |||
| Green | Richard Lahaie | 852 | 1.77 | – | $0 | |||
| Marijuana | Steve Boudrias | 626 | 1.30 | −0.59 | none listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Hélène Héroux | 164 | 0.34 | +0.03 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 48,201 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 854 | 1.74 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,055 | 61.64 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 79,585 | |||||||
| Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. | ||||||||
| Source: Official Voting Results, Thirty-Eighth General Election, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -10.89 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ Pilon originally became vice-president of the union on an interim basis. See Allison Lampert, "Union leaders quit after members reject accord: Resignations stall talks on deal with Laval blue collars," Montreal Gazette, 22 November 1998, A4.
- ^ Canada Votes 2008: Results, Ridings & Candidates: Honoré-Mercier, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 7 April 2011.
- ^ Historique du syndicat Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Syndicat des Cols Bleus de la Ville de Laval, accessed 7 April 2011.
- ^ Allison Lampert, "Unions clash over workers," Montreal Gazette, 4 November 1999, A9.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Laval—Les Îles, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine