Dominique Vien (born February 10, 1967)[1] is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007. She was defeated in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action démocratique du Québec, but was then re-elected in the same district in 2008. She was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and was the delegate minister for Health and Social Services, previously the Minister for Government Services.

Dominique Vien
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded bySteven Blaney
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bellechasse
In office
December 8, 2008 – August 29, 2018
Preceded byJean Domingue
Succeeded byStéphanie Lachance
In office
April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007
Preceded byClaude Lachance
Succeeded byJean Domingue
Personal details
Born (1967-02-10) February 10, 1967 (age 57)
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative Party of Canada (federal)
Quebec Liberal Party (provincial)
Education
Occupationjournalist, radio and TV host

Born in Lévis, Quebec, Vien studied at Université Laval and received a bachelor's degree in communications in 1992. She also studied at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in training, animation and leadership in 2001.[1] From 1992 to 2003, she was a journalist, anchor and host at a radio station in Lac-Etchemin and was a journalist and news anchor at Radio-Canada's CBV-FM in Quebec City from 1999 to 2001.

Vien was elected Member of Parliament for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[2][3]

Electoral record

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Federal

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2021 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Dominique Vien 32,259 51.04 +0.94 $27,017.86
Bloc Québécois Marie-Christine Richard 14,670 23.21 +0.32 $15,804.72
Liberal Daniel Vaillancourt 10,075 15.94 -0.72 $5,446.69
New Democratic Marie-Philippe Gagnon Gauthier 3,183 5.04 -0.02 $0.48
Free Raymond Arcand 1,802 2.85 $0.00
Green Hélène Lefebvre 913 1.44 -1.54 $0.00
Independent Chamroeun Khuon 306 0.48 $915.04
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,208 $123,757.24
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 65.62 -3.71
Registered voters 96,317
Conservative hold Swing +0.31
Source: Elections Canada[4]

Provincial

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2018 Quebec general election: Bellechasse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance 16,302 53.85 +20.67
Liberal Dominique Vien 8,223 27.16 -22.11
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 2,272 7.5 +4.81
Parti Québécois Benoît Béchard 2,198 7.26 -6.06
Conservative Dominique Messner 976 3.22 +2.04
Bloc Pot Simon Guay 200 0.66
Alliance provinciale Sébastien Roy 103 0.34
Total valid votes 30,274 98.26
Total rejected ballots 535 1.74
Turnout 30,809 70.10
Eligible voters 43,947
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +21.39
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 15,843 49.27 +9.41
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance 10,668 33.18 -4.78
Parti Québécois Linda Goupil 4,283 13.32 -1.64
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 378 2.69 -1.87
Conservative Patrice Aubin 344 1.18 +0.42
Option nationale Mathilde Lefebvre 116 0.36
Total valid votes 32,153 99.03
Total rejected ballots 316 0.97
Turnout 32,469 75.23 -0.89
Electors on the lists 43,158
Liberal hold Swing +7.10
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 13,119 40.67 -4.52
Coalition Avenir Québec Christian Lévesque 12,421 38.51 +2.31
Parti Québécois Clément Pouliot 4,896 15.18 -0.81
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 989 3.07 +0.56
Middle Class Patrice Aubin 344 1.07
Conservative Linda Beaudoin 215 0.67
Équipe Autonomiste Sébastien Ruel 156 0.48
Unité Nationale Christine Lavoie 115 0.36
Total valid votes 32,255 98.80
Total rejected ballots 393 1.20
Turnout 32,648 76.12 +11.77
Electors on the lists 42,892

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 10,530 47.66 +13.31
Action démocratique Jean Domingue 7,598 34.39 -14.12
Parti Québécois Jerry Beaudoin 3,450 15.61 +2.18
Québec solidaire Jean-Nicolas Denis 518 2.34 0.59
Total valid votes 22,096 98.71
Total rejected ballots 289 1.29
Turnout 22,385 64.35 -12.42
Electors on the lists 34,785
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique Jean Domingue 12,715 48.51 +15.40
Liberal Dominique Vien 9,004 34.35 -3.23
Parti Québécois Sylvie Vallières 3,521 13.43 -14.14
Green Ghislain Gaulin 512 1.95 +0.73
Québec solidaire Colin Perreault 460 1.75 +1.23*
Total valid votes 26,212 99.28
Total rejected ballots 191 0.72
Turnout 26,403 76.77 +0.67
Electors on the lists 34,391
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 9,658 37.58 -0.84
Action démocratique Serge Carbonneau 8,507 33.11 +19.88
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 7,084 27.57 -20.01
Green Sylvain Castonguay 314 1.22
UFP Mario Ouellette 134 0.52
Total valid votes 25,697 99.12
Total rejected ballots 228 0.88
Turnout 25,925 76.00 -3.00
Electors on the lists 34,069

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dominique Vien - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  2. ^ Canada, Elections. "Quebec". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  3. ^ Laplante, Coralie (2021-08-14). "La candidature de Dominique Vien avec le Parti conservateur confirmée". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Government Services
2008–2010
Succeeded by