Denis Blanchette

Denis Blanchette
Denis Blanchette
Member of Parliament; for Louis-Hébert
	In office; May 30, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Pascal-Pierre Paillé
Succeeded by	Joël Lightbound
Personal details
Born	September 4, 1956 (age 65); Quebec City, Quebec
Political party	Green
Other political; affiliations	NDP (2006-2021)
Profession	Computer analyst, public servant

Denis Blanchette (born September 4, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.^[1] He represented the electoral district of Louis-Hébert as a member of the New Democratic Party until 2015.

Blanchette ran in Louis-Hébert twice, in 2006 and 2008, before being elected. Prior to winning office he was a computer analyst and public servant.

In May 2017 Blanchette was selected as president of the New Democratic Party of Quebec.^[2] He was the candidate for the NDPQ in the October 2, 2017 by-election held in the district of Louis-Hébert.^[3] He finished 7th with 1.3 per cent of the vote. He resigned as president of the NDPQ in 2018 citing personal reasons.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral record[]

Federal[]

Louis-Hébert[]

hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joël Lightbound	21,516	34.85	+21.43	$61,915.23
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Asselin	16,789	27.19	+5.36	$75,098.22
	New Democratic	Denis Blanchette	12,850	20.81	-17.84	$69,979.91
	Bloc Québécois	Caroline Pageau	8,900	14.41	-9.80	$31,934.38
	Green	Andrée-Anne Beaudoin-Julien	1,561	2.53	+0.88	–
	Christian Heritage	Stefan Jetchick	128	0.21	-0.03	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,744	100.00		$217,520.39
Total rejected ballots			627	1.01	–
Turnout			62,371	76.90	–
Eligible voters			81,109
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+19.64
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]^[6]

hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denis Blanchette	23,373	38.65	+29.32
	Bloc Québécois	Pascal-Pierre Paillé	14,640	24.21	-12.02
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	13,207	21.84	-6.37
	Liberal	Jean Beaupré	8,110	13.41	-10.18
	Green	Michelle Fontaine	996	1.65	-0.78
	Christian Heritage	Marie-Claude Bouffard	143	0.24	+0.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,469	100.00
Total rejected ballots			636	1.04
Turnout			61,105	73.73
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+20.67

hide2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Pascal-Pierre Paillé	20,992	36.23	+2.15	$78,716
	Conservative	Luc Harvey	16,343	28.21	-6.26	$96,878
	Liberal	Jean Beaupré	13,669	23.59	+8.58	$42,500
	New Democratic	Denis Blanchette	5,403	9.33	+0.26	$7,979
	Green	Michelle Fontaine	1,408	2.43	-1.84
	Christian Heritage	Stefan Jetchick	119	0.21	+0.01	$383
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,934	100.00	$87,350
Total rejected ballots			595	1.02
Turnout			58,529	70.29
	Bloc Québécois gain from Conservative		Swing		+4.21

hide2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Luc Harvey	20,332	34.47	+21.02	$63,705
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Clavet	20,101	34.08	-9.03	$61,438
	Liberal	Hélène Scherrer	8,852	15.01	-19.02	$43,177
	New Democratic	Denis Blanchette	5,351	9.07	+3.50	$6,274
	Green	Robert Hudon	2,517	4.27	+0.44
	Independent	Frédérick Têtu	1,147	1.94	–	$430
	Independent	Francis Fortin	565	0.96	–	$460
	Christian Heritage	Stefan Jetchick	116	0.20	–	$189
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,981	100.00	$81,438
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+15.03

Provincial[]

Louis-Hebert[]

hideQuebec provincial by-election, October 2, 2017 On the resignation of Sam Hamad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Geneviève Guilbault	12,091	51.04	+25.12
	Liberal	Ihssane El Ghernati	4,433	18.71	-30.51
	Parti Québécois	Normand Beauregard	3,852	16.26	-2.11
	Québec solidaire	Guillaume Boivin	1,235	5.21	+0.27
	Conservative	Sylvie Asselin	976	4.12	+3.29
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	487	2.06	–
	New Democratic	Denis Blanchette	319	1.35	–
	Independent	Vincent Bégin	215	0.91	–
	Option nationale	Martin St-Louis	61	0.26	-0.45
	Équipe autonomiste	Jean-Luc Rouckout	18	0.08	–
Total valid votes			23,687	99.20
Total rejected ballots			190	0.80
Turnout			23,877	52.43
Electors on the lists			45,540	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+27.82

References[]

^ Election 2011: Louis-Hébert. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
^ "Le NPD-Québec ne baisse pas les bras". L'actualité, May 24, 2017.
^ Annie Mathieu (August 30, 2017). "Le NPD-Québec plonge dans l'élection partielle". Le Soleil (in French). Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Louis-Hébert, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Résultats du soir d'élection - Circonscriptions".

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[1] Election 2011: Louis-Hébert. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.

[2] "Le NPD-Québec ne baisse pas les bras". L'actualité, May 24, 2017.

[3] Annie Mathieu (August 30, 2017). "Le NPD-Québec plonge dans l'élection partielle". Le Soleil (in French). Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

[4] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Louis-Hébert, 30 September 2015

[5] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "Résultats du soir d'élection - Circonscriptions".

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Denis Blanchette


Member of Parliament for Louis-Hébert
In office May 30, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Pascal-Pierre Paillé
Succeeded by	Joël Lightbound

Personal details
Born	(1956-09-04) September 4, 1956 (age 65) Quebec City, Quebec
Political party	Green
Other political affiliations	NDP (2006-2021)
Profession	Computer analyst, public servant