Gabriel Ste-Marie
Gabriel Ste-Marie MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Joliette | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Francine Raynault |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bloc Québécois |
Other political affiliations | Québec debout (2018) |
Residence | Joliette, Quebec, Canada |
Profession | Economist, Teacher |
Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic who was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.
Ste-Marie served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader (and its parliamentary leader as the party leader did not have a seat in parliament) from 2017 until he resigned from the position on February 25, 2018 in a dispute with party leader Martine Ouellet.[1] He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet.[2] He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.[3]
He is also a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal.[4]
Electoral record[]
hide2019 Canadian federal election: Joliette | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 33,590 | 58.22 | +24.92 | $25,277.75 | |||
Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,995 | 22.52 | -5.70 | $33,054.52 | |||
Conservative | Jean-Martin Masse | 5,176 | 8.97 | -1.09 | $15,856.88 | |||
New Democratic | Julienne Soumaoro | 2,623 | 4.55 | -21.14 | none listed | |||
Green | Érica Poirier | 2,343 | 4.06 | +1.71 | $752.47 | |||
People's | Sylvain Prescott | 498 | 0.86 | – | $932.68 | |||
Indépendence du Québec | Paul Savard | 474 | 0.82 | – | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,699 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,203 | 1.35 | +0.15 | |||||
Turnout | 58,902 | 66.31 | -0.91 | |||||
Eligible voters | 88,831 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +15.31 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
hide2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 18,875 | 33.3 | +0.29 | – | |||
Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 15,995 | 28.2 | +21.81 | – | |||
New Democratic | Danielle Landreville | 14,566 | 25.7 | -21.22 | – | |||
Conservative | Soheil Eid | 5,705 | 10.1 | +0.41 | – | |||
Green | Mathieu Morin | 1,335 | 2.4 | -1.59 | – | |||
Strength in Democracy | Robert D. Morais | 213 | 0.4 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,689 | 100.0 | $232,599.74 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | 1.20 | -0.36 | |||||
Turnout | 57,798 | 67.22 | +3.7 | |||||
Eligible voters | 85,981 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +10.8 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
References[]
- ^ "'Differences' with Martine Ouellet led Bloc MP to resign as house leader".
- ^ Allard, Clement (February 28, 2018). "Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "5 Bloc Québécois MPs who quit party returning to the fold". CBC News. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ "" C'est maintenant que le vrai travail commence " - Gabriel Ste-Marie" (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Joliette, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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