Michel Charbonneau (born September 23, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Saint-Jean in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1994.
Michel Charbonneau | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Jean | |
| In office 1989–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Lorrain |
| Succeeded by | Roger Paquin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 23, 1948 Napierville, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Born and raised in Napierville, Quebec, Charbonneau served as a municipal councillor and mayor of Napierville before being elected to the legislature in the 1989 election.[1] In the legislature, he served as chair of a task force on reform of trucking regulations in the province.[2]
In the 1994 election, he was initially declared to have been narrowly defeated by Roger Paquin of the Parti Québécois.[3] After a judicial recount, however, the two were found to have finished in an exact tie, necessitating a new by-election to determine the winner.[4] Paquin won the by-election.[5]
Electoral record edit
| 1994 Quebec general election: Saint-Jean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Michel Charbonneau | 16,536 | 42.50 | -11.10 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Roger Paquin | 16,536 | 42.50 | +3.20 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Daniel Lefebvre | 4,494 | 11.96 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Julien Patenaude | 638 | 1.60 | -3.40 | ||||
| Natural Law | Anne Bélanger | 313 | 0.80 | – | ||||
| Sovereignty | Réal Brunette | 232 | 0.60 | – | ||||
| Equality | Richard Beaucage | 145 | 0.40 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,894 | – | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,894 | 82.01 | +3.85 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,426 | |||||||
| The result was declared void as a result of the tie and a subsequent by-election was held on October 24, 1994 | ||||||||
| Quebec provincial by-election, October 24, 1994: Saint-Jean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Roger Paquin | 15,680 | 43.80 | +1.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Michel Charbonneau | 15,148 | 42.30 | -0.20 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Daniel Lefebvre | 4,693 | 11.96 | +1.14 | ||||
| New Democratic | Julien Patenaude | 204 | 0.60 | -1.00 | ||||
| Sovereignty | Réal Brunette | 232 | 0.20 | -0.40 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,807 | 98.66 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 487 | 1.34 | -1.61 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,294 | 76.53 | -5.48 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,426 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.75 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "Charbonneau wins St. Jean despite lead-poison scandal". Montreal Gazette, September 26, 1989.
- ^ "Quebec to set up patrols to regulate truckers: Elkas". Montreal Gazette, July 5, 1990.
- ^ "Anglos, allophones help Liberals keep seats; Robillard is turfed out in Chambly". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 1994.
- ^ "New vote set after recount results in tie". Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1994.
- ^ "Parti Quebecois wins first test in run-off election". Waterloo Region Record, October 25, 1994.