Madeleine Bélanger
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Madeleine Bélanger | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Mégantic-Compton | |
In office December 5, 1983 – April 14, 2003 | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Daniel Bouchard |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Sébastien, Quebec | April 7, 1932
Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Spouse(s) | Jules Gonthier (1973-1983) |
Children | Johanne Gonthier |
Profession | Educator |
Madeleine Bélanger (née Audet, born April 7, 1932) is a Quebec politician, she previously served as the member for Mégantic-Compton in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1983 until 2003. Following the death of her second husband on October 2, 1983, she was elected as his replacement on December 5, 1983 and took her oath of office shortly thereafter. Her daughter Johanne Gonthier,[1] also served Mégantic-Compton as a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. Her nephew served as a Parti Québécois member for Sherbrooke.[2]
Biography[]
Bélanger was born in Saint-Sébastien, the daughter of a farmer. She was an elementary school teacher at Saint-Samuel-Station for three years. She owned two hairdressing salons and was also and administrator and manager of a home electrical installation company for three years, then a director of two residential development companies.
Political career[]
Bélanger's husband [3] died suddenly on October 2, 1983. She secured the Liberal nomination for Mégantic-Compton and won the ensuing by-election and was re-elected in 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1998, never once facing a serious challenge and winning by at least ten percent each time, except for her last run for office. Bélanger served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs during the very brief government of Daniel Johnson Jr. and later became Chair of the Committee on Planning and the Public Domain as well as the Chairperson of the Committee on Education during her time in office.
She did not seek re-election in 2003.[4]
Electoral record[]
Provincial[]
hide1998 Quebec general election: Mégantic-Compton | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,675 | 50.49 | -3.46 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Suzanne Durivage | 10,339 | 41.18 | -1.18 | ||||
Action démocratique | Olivier Chalifoux | 1,835 | 7.31 | – | ||||
Socialist Democracy | Yves Couturier | 174 | 0.69 | – | ||||
Equality | Frank Moller | 81 | 0.32 | -1.50 | ||||
Total valid votes | 25,104 | 99.01 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 250 | 0.99 | -1.07 | |||||
Turnout | 25,354 | 79.89 | -1.14 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 31,736 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.32 |
hide1994 Quebec general election: Mégantic-Compton | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,799 | 53.95 | -6.44 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Jacques Blais | 10,051 | 42.36 | +12.44 | ||||
Natural Law | Christian Simard | 444 | 1.87 | – | ||||
Equality | Matthew Begbie | 432 | 1.82 | -3.16 | ||||
Total valid votes | 23,725 | 97.94 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 500 | 2.06 | +0.55 | |||||
Turnout | 24,225 | 81.03 | +4.32 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 29,896 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -9.44 |
hide1989 Quebec general election: Mégantic-Compton | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,608 | 60.39 | +0.91 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Léon Ducharme | 6,246 | 29.92 | -7.43 | ||||
Equality | Frank Moller | 1,039 | 4.98 | – | ||||
Green | Pierre Gilbert | 740 | 3.54 | – | ||||
Parti 51 | Edmond Trudeau | 245 | 1.17 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 20,878 | 98.49 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 320 | 1.51 | +0.41 | |||||
Turnout | 21,198 | 76.71 | -0.68 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 27,634 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.17 |
hide1985 Quebec general election: Mégantic-Compton | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 12,865 | 59.48 | -8.12 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Maurice Bernier | 8,708 | 37.35 | +6.87 | ||||
New Democratic | Joseph Lemoine | 594 | 2.75 | – | ||||
Christian Socialist | Steeve Stratford | 91 | 0.42 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 21,628 | 98.90 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 241 | 1.10 | +0.15 | |||||
Turnout | 21,869 | 77.39 | +4.96 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 28,257 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.50 |
hide Quebec provincial by-election, December 5, 1983: Mégantic-Compton | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Madeleine Bélanger | 13,711 | 67.60 | +15.87 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Noël Landry | 6,182 | 30.48 | -11.04 | ||||
Independent | Jean-Luc Perron | 233 | 1.15 | – | ||||
No Affiliation | Patricia Métivier | 156 | 0.77 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 20,282 | 99.05 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.95 | +0.23 | |||||
Turnout | 20,476 | 72.43 | -9.61 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 28,270 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +13.50 | ||||||
By-election due to the death of | ||||||||
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References[]
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Canadian hairdressers
- Canadian schoolteachers
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
- People from Estrie
- Real estate and property developers
- Women MNAs in Quebec
- 20th-century Canadian legislators
- 20th-century Canadian women politicians
- 21st-century Canadian legislators
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians