Christopher Skeete
Christopher Skeete MNA | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Rose | |
Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Jean Habel |
Personal details | |
Born | September 20, 1979 Laval, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Christopher Skeete is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Sainte-Rose as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. On October 18, 2018 he was named parliamentary secretary to the premier François Legault. He was named the Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers on November 7, 2018. On February 24, 2021 he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for the Fight Against Racism.[2] Prior to achieving elected office in 2018, Skeete was Vice-President for the West-du-Québec region of the Coalition Avenir Québec party.[3]
Skeete was born on September 20, 1979 in Laval, Quebec.[4] He holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the ESG-UQÀM in Montréal as well as a Bachelor’s degree in political science and public affairs from Concordia University.
Earlier in his career, Skeete worked as a customs officer and also as the director of regional operations for a veterinary clinic. With his wife, he started CasMedic, a firm that provides mobile blood tests to patients in their homes as well as vaccinations to clients at pharmacies.[5]
He was previously a candidate for the party in the district of Vimont in the 2012 election, and in the district of Fabre in the 2014 election.
His grandfather, Clarence Skeete, played first-class cricket for Trinidad.
Electoral record[]
hide2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gilles Ouimet | 20,614 | 55.14 | +17.64 | ||||
Parti Québécois | François-Gycelain Rocque | 7,798 | 20.86 | -7.11 | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Christopher Skeete | 6,667 | 17.83 | -9.94 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Marie-Claire Des Rochers-Lamarche | 2,122 | 5.68 | +2.13 | ||||
Option nationale | Bernard Paré | 181 | 0.48 | -0.61 | ||||
Total valid votes | 37,382 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 440 | 1.16 | – | |||||
Turnout | 37,822 | 77.23 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 48,972 | – | – | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
hide2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jean Rousselle | 12,973 | 37.48 | -10.87 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Linda Tousignant | 10,564 | 30.52 | -4.57 | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Christopher Skeete | 8,544 | 24.68 | +13.17 | ||||
Québec solidaire | David Lanneville | 1,373 | 3.97 | +0.17 | ||||
Option nationale | Catherine Houbart | 688 | 1.99 | – | ||||
Independent | Jean-Marc Boyer | 253 | 0.73 | – | ||||
Conservative | Alain Robert | 219 | 0.63 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 34,614 | 98.88 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 393 | 1.12 | – | |||||
Turnout | 35,007 | 79.34 | – | |||||
Electors on the lists | 44,122 | – | – | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.15 |
References[]
- ^ "La CAQ obtient Sainte-Rose". Courrier Laval, October 2, 2018.
- ^ "Christopher Skeete - National Assembly of Québec". m.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "Christopher Skeete - Sainte-Rose". Coalition Avenir Québec (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "Christopher Skeete - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "Meet the CAQ's point man with anglos". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- Living people
- Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- People from Laval, Quebec
- Black Canadian politicians
- Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- 1979 births
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