Brent St. Denis

Brent St. Denis
Brent St. Denis
Member of Parliament; for Algoma
	In office; January 17, 1994 – 1997
Preceded by	Maurice Foster
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament; for Algoma—Manitoulin
	In office; 1997–2004
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament; for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
	In office; 2004 – September 7, 2008
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Carol Hughes
Personal details
Born	May 27, 1950 (age 71); Blind River, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Martine Fabris
Residence	Spanish, Ontario, Canada

Brent J. St. Denis (born May 27, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2008, originally representing Algoma and later its successor ridings of Algoma—Manitoulin and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing.

Born in Blind River, Ontario, St. Denis is a former executive assistant, industrial engineer, and teacher.

He is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Transport, and also served as chair of the standing committee on industry, science, and technology, and the subcommittee on agenda and procedure of the standing committee on industry, science and technology.

St. Denis was defeated by Carol Hughes of the New Democratic Party in the 2008 federal election.

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Electoral record[]

v t 2008 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Carol Hughes	15,249	45.49	+10.98	$91,893
	Liberal	Brent St. Denis	10,902	32.53	-5.65	$90,379
	Conservative	Dianne Musgrove	5,914	17.64	-5.70	$8,989
	Green	Lorraine Rekmans	1,451	4.32	+1.65	$5,448
Total valid votes/expense limit			33,516	100.00	$97,228
Total rejected ballots			175	0.52
Turnout			33,691	56.53
	New Democratic Party gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

v t 2006 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brent St. Denis	14,652	38.18	−2.76	$52,836
	New Democratic	Carol Hughes	13,244	34.51	+2.82	$51,642
	Conservative	Ian West	8,957	23.34	+0.13	$65,745
	Green	Stan Hutchinson	1,025	2.67	−1.40	$647
	First Peoples National	Will Morin	338	0.88	–	$829
	Independent	Donald Polmateer	164	0.43	–	none listed
Total valid votes			38,380	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216	0.56
Turnout			38,596	63.99
Electors on the lists			60,311
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t 2004 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brent St. Denis	14,276	40.94
	New Democratic	Carol Hughes	11,051	31.69
	Conservative	Blaine Armstrong	8,093	23.21
	Green	Lindsay Killen	1,449	4.16
Total			34,869	100.00

v t 2000 Canadian federal election: Algoma-Manitoulin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brent St. Denis	15,000	48.36
	Alliance	Ron Swain	8,992	28.99
	New Democratic	Grant Buck	4,326	13.95
	Progressive Conservative	Dale Lapham	2,269	7.32
	Green	Alexander Jablanczy	428	1.38

v t 1997 Canadian federal election: Algoma-Manitoulin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brent St. Denis	13,810	41.31
	Reform	Jim Jeffery	8,353	24.99
	New Democratic	Jody Wildman	7,897	23.62
	Progressive Conservative	Roseanne MacDonald	3,367	10.07

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Brent St. Denis

Member of Parliament for Algoma
In office January 17, 1994 – 1997
Preceded by	Maurice Foster
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin
In office 1997–2004
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
In office 2004 – September 7, 2008
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Carol Hughes

Personal details
Born	(1950-05-27) May 27, 1950 (age 71) Blind River, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Martine Fabris
Residence	Spanish, Ontario, Canada