Sébastien Schneeberger (born August 3, 1973) is a Canadian politician and was elected the Coalition Avenir Québec member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Drummond–Bois-Francs in the 2012 Quebec election. Earlier, he served as the Action démocratique du Québec MNA in Drummond from 2007 to 2008.
Sébastien Schneeberger | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Drummond–Bois-Francs | |
| Assumed office September 4, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Yves-François Blanchet[1] |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Drummond | |
| In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Normand Jutras |
| Succeeded by | Yves-François Blanchet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 3, 1973 Moutier, Switzerland |
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| Other political affiliations | Action démocratique du Québec |
Personal life edit
Schneeberger was born in Moutier, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, and moved to Canada at the age of 10; his father is a Swiss immigrant.[2]
Schneeberger obtained a college diploma in agricultural exploitation and management in 1994. He worked at a local farm in the Bois-Francs region for over 10 years and later worked as a trucker, technical adviser, sales adviser and manufacturing agent for various businesses in Drummondville. He also a founder for the young businesspeople association in the Centre-du-Quebec region.
Political career edit
Schneeberger was first elected in the 2007 election with 39% of the vote. Parti Québécois incumbent Normand Jutras, who was running for a fourth term, finished second with 33% of the vote. Schneeberger took office on April 12, 2007 and was named the critic for aboriginal affairs until a Shadow Cabinet shuffle in May 2008.[3] He was defeated by Yves-François Blanchet of the Parti Québécois in the 2008 election; following the electoral redistribution that preceded the 2012 election, Schneeberger won election in the new Drummond–Bois-Francs riding, while Blanchet was simultaneously reelected in the neighbouring riding of Johnson.
Electoral record edit
| 2022 Quebec general election: Drummond-Bois-Francs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | |||||||
| Conservative | Myriam Cournoyer | |||||||
| Parti Québécois | Emrick Couture-Picard | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | Tony Martel | |||||||
| Liberal | Pierre Poirier | |||||||
| Green | Marco Beauchesne | – | ||||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Steve Therion | |||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Drummond-Bois-Francs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | 19,577 | 56.3 | +16.38 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Lannïck Dinard | 5,221 | 15.01 | +8.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Deland | 4,527 | 13.02 | -12.21 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Diane Roy | 4,360 | 12.54 | -13.75 | ||||
| Conservative | Francois Picard | 733 | 2.11 | +1.27 | ||||
| Independent | Sylvain Marcoux | 250 | 0.72 | |||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Steve Therion | 106 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,774 | 97.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 798 | 2.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 35,572 | 68.82 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 51,691 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +3.79 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | 13,600 | 39.92 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Daniel Lebel | 8,958 | 26.29 | |||||
| Liberal | Isabelle Chabot | 8,595 | 25.23 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Francis Soulard | 2,116 | 6.21 | |||||
| Parti nul | Frédéric Bélanger | 361 | 1.06 | |||||
| Conservative | François Picard | 285 | 0.84 | |||||
| Option nationale | Alexandre Phénix | 155 | 0.45 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,070 | 98.34 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 575 | 1.66 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,645 | 69.23 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 50,041 | – | ||||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | 13,879 | 37.59 | +12.78 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Annie Jean | 11,374 | 30.80 | -1.28 | ||||
| Liberal | Marie Désilets | 8,230 | 22.29 | -17.25 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Francis Soulard | 1,607 | 4.35 | +0.86 | ||||
| Option nationale | Martin Allard | 950 | 2.57 | |||||
| Conservative | François Picard | 421 | 1.14 | |||||
| Independents | Pierre Hébert | 355 | 0.96 | |||||
| Unité Nationale | Robert Dufour | 107 | 0.29 | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.53 | ||||||
^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ change is from ADQ
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Québécois | Yves-Francois Blanchet | 11,480 | 34.40 | ||
| Liberal | Jacques Sigouin | 10,860 | 32.54 | ||
| Action démocratique | Sébastien Schneeberger | 9,757 | 29.23 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Luce Daneau | 1,279 | 3.83 | ||
Footnotes edit
External links edit
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.