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Benoit Charette | |
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 Charrette in 2015 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Deux-Montagnes | |
| Assumed office April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Goyer |
| In office December 8, 2008 – September 4, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Lucie Leblanc |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Goyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1976 Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | CAQ (2011-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
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Benoit Charette MNA (born July 19, 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes.[1] He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty.[2] On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment. In 2021 he was assigned a new provincial role in combating racism.[3]
A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.
Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2022 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Benoît Charette | |||||||
| Parti Québécois | Guillaume Lalonde | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | Olivier Côté | |||||||
| Liberal | Marc Allaire | |||||||
| Conservative | Isabelle Baril | |||||||
| Green | Amavi Tagodoe | |||||||
| Climat Québec | Hélèna Courteau | – | ||||||
| L'Union fait la force | Dominique Dubois-Massey | – | ||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Benoit Charette | 16,038 | 47.44 | +13.28 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Daniel Goyer | 6,464 | 19.12 | -12.85 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Audrey Lesage-Lanthier | 4,912 | 14.53 | +7.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Fabienne Fatou Diop | 4,523 | 13.38 | -12.27 | ||||
| Green | Isabelle Dagenais | 722 | 2.14 | |||||
| Conservative | Delia Fodor | 368 | 1.09 | |||||
| Citoyens au pouvoir | Denis Paré | 322 | 0.95 | |||||
| Parti libre | Martin Brulé | 253 | 0.75 | |||||
| Bloc Pot | Hans Roker Jr | 152 | 0.45 | |||||
| CINQ | Eric Emond | 52 | 0.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 33,806 | 98.15 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 636 | 1.85 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,442 | 71.10 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 48,440 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +13.07 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Benoit Charette | 11,868 | 34.16 | -1.09 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Daniel Goyer | 11,107 | 31.97 | -6.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Luc Leclerc | 8,913 | 25.65 | +7.66 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Duncan Hart Cameron | 2,326 | 6.69 | +2.6 | ||||
| Parti équitable | Alec Ware | 297 | 0.85 | |||||
| Option nationale | Louis-Félix Cauchon | 233 | 0.67 | -1.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,744 | 98.01 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 705 | 1.99 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 35,449 | 74 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,612 | – | – | |||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Daniel Goyer | 14,423 | 38.80 | -4.33 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Benoit Charette | 13,102 | 35.25 | +17.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Stéphanie Ménard | 6,689 | 17.99 | -14.38 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Normand Godon | 1,522 | 4.09 | +1.81 | ||||
| Green | Princess Brooks | 724 | 1.95 | -2.27 | ||||
| Option nationale | Wilson Ortiz | 712 | 1.92 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,172 | 98.56 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 545 | 1.44 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 37,717 | 79.99 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,154 | – | – | |||||
| Parti Québécois hold | Swing | -10.79 | ||||||
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Québécois | Benoit Charette | 11,961 | 43.14 | +10.13 | |
| Liberal | Marie-France D'Aoust | 8,980 | 32.39 | +8.45 | |
| Action démocratique | Lucie Leblanc | 4,986 | 17.98 | -18.34 | |
| Green | Guy Rainville | 1,168 | 4.21 | -0.03 | |
| Québec solidaire | Julien Demers | 632 | 2.28 | +0.12 | |
| Total valid votes | 27,727 | 98.11 | – | ||
| Total rejected ballots | 535 | 1.89 | – | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Benoit Charette - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Fifth PQ member quits over sovereignty debate". thestar.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ Nerestant, Antoni. "Premier appoints Benoit Charette, environment minister, to lead fight against racism". cbc.ca. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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