Francine Lalonde

Francine Lalonde
Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	First Member
Succeeded by	Ève Péclet
Member of Parliament for Mercier
In office 1993–2004
Preceded by	Carole Jacques
Succeeded by	Riding Dissolved
Personal details
Born	August 24, 1940 (1940-08-24) Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Montreal
Profession	Lecturer, Teacher, Unionist

Francine Lalonde (born August 24, 1940 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a politician on the national (Canada) and provincial (Quebec) levels. Prior to being elected she was a lecturer, teacher and unionist. She was minister responsible for the status of women in Lévesque government, although she was never a member of the National Assembly of Quebec.

She was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the districts of La Pointe-de-l'Île from 2004 election to 2011, and Mercier from the 1993 election to 2004. She has in the past been the Bloc's critic of Human Resources Development and of Industry, and of Foreign Affairs.

In June 2005, Lalonde introduced in Parliament a private Bill C-407 that would have legalized assisted suicide in Canada. Re-elected in January 2006, she promised to reintroduce her bill to legalize assisted suicide.

On September 13, 2010, Lalonde announced she would not be a candidate for re-election following the expiration of her current mandate "because of the re-emergence of my cancer and the need to pursue new treatments".

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	25,966	56.1%	-4.1%
	Liberal	Oumy Sarr	7,389	16.0%	+1.9%
	New Democratic	Isabelle McGuire	5,965	12.9%	+5.7%
	Conservative	Hubert Pichet	5,176	11.2%	-4.1%
	Green	Domita Cundari	1,340	2.9%	-0.3%
	Rhinoceros	Ben 97 Benoit	261	0.6%
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	176	0.4%
Total valid votes			46,273	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	29,268	60.3%	-6.2%
	Conservative	Christian Prevost	7,402	15.2%	+11.0%
	Liberal	Marie-Mignaud Dominique	6,855	14.1%	-8.8%
	New Democratic	Nicolas Tremblay	3,507	7.2%	+3.4%
	Green	Ben Rankin	1,544	3.2%	+0.6%
Total valid votes			48,576	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	30,713	66.5%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	10,593	22.9%
	Conservative	Christian Prevost	1,961	4.2%
	New Democratic	André Langevin	1,751	3.8%
	Green	André Levert	1,186	2.6%
Total valid votes			46,204	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 2000: Mercier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Francine Lalonde	24,755	52.87	+1.81	$59,075
	Liberal	Normand Biron	15,416	32.93	+3.81	$66,350
	Green	Richard Savignac	1,813	3.87		$3,116
	Canadian Alliance	J. Marc-Antoine Delsoin	1,684	3.60		$365
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Gelgoot	1,629	3.48	-14.13	none listed
	Marijuana	Eric Duquette	937	2.00		none listed
	New Democratic Party	Nicholas Vikander	480	1.03	-0.57	none listed
	Marxist-Leninist	Geneviève Royer	104	0.22	-0.40	$10
Total valid votes			46,818	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,543
Turnout			48,361	63.27	-8.50
Electors on the lists			76,437
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1997: Mercier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Francine Lalonde	24,649	51.06		$54,212
	Liberal	René Bourgeault	14,061	29.12		$43,179
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Champagne	8,500	17.61		$2,830
	New Democratic Party	Cathy Milner	772	1.60		$0
	Marxist-Leninist	Hélène Héroux	297	0.62		$0
Total valid votes			48,279	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,487
Turnout			50,766	71.77
Electors on the lists			70,737
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	34,139
	Liberal	Magda Tadros	11,700
	Independent	Carole Jacques	8,992
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald Lacoste	2,720
	New Democratic	Guy D'Amours,	789
	Abolitionist	William-John Apostol	207
	Commonwealth of Canada	Pierre Aylwin	128

Quebec provincial by-election, June 3, 1985 : Bertrand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa	15,490	57.97
	Parti Québécois	Francine Lalonde	10,217	38.23
	Independent	Joseph Arthur Laurent Alie	408	1.53
	Crédit social uni	Joseph Ranger	182	0.68
	Commonwealth	Paul Rochon	162	0.61
	Non-Affiliated	Carolle Caron	135	0.51
	Non-Affiliated	Patricia Métivier	129	0.48
Total valid votes			26,723	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			567
Turnout			27,290	68.61
Electors on the lists			39,776

Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec

See also

• Parti Québécois leadership election, 1985
• Politics of Quebec
• Quebec sovereignty movement

External links

• Francine Lalonde - Parliament of Canada biography