Réjean Hébert

Réjean Hébert OC
Ministry of Health and Social Services
In office September 19, 2012 – April 23, 2014
Premier	Pauline Marois
Preceded by	Yves Bolduc
Succeeded by	Gaétan Barrette
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-François
In office September 4, 2012 – April 7, 2014
Preceded by	Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Succeeded by	Guy Hardy
Personal details
Born	(1955-09-07) September 7, 1955 Quebec City, Quebec
Political party	Liberal (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	Parti Québécois (before 2019)
Profession	Physician

Réjean Hébert OC is a Canadian politician and geriatrician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-François, first elected in the 2012 election, he served as Minister of Health and Social Services in the government of Pauline Marois.

His narrow victory over Quebec Liberal Party candidate Nathalie Goguen was confirmed in a judicial recount on September 14, 2012. He was defeated in the 2014 Quebec election by Liberal candidate Guy Hardy.

Hebert was dean of the School of Public Health at the Universite de Montreal.

In September 2019, Hébert was confirmed as the federal Liberal Party of Canada candidate in the Longueuil—Saint-Hubert electoral district. He won the nomination by acclamation, but did not win the election.

Hébert was married and had children before coming out as gay at age 40. He was one of three openly gay members of the National Assembly during his time in office, alongside Sylvain Gaudreault and Agnès Maltais.

He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2023. He currently resides in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Electoral record

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Trudel	23,061	38.5	+11.23	$46,039.85
	Liberal	Réjean Hébert	20,471	34.2	+4.19	$77,307.46
	Green	Pierre Nantel	6,745	11.3	+8.81	$16,474.78
	New Democratic	Éric Ferland	5,104	8.5	–22.72	$11,119.46
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	3,779	6.3	–2.44	none listed
	People's	Ellen Comeau	467	0.8	–	$0.00
	Independent	Pierre-Luc Fillon	217	0.4	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,844	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,086
Turnout			60,930	69.9
Eligible voters			87,113
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.52
Source: Elections Canada

Provincial

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Guy Hardy	14,899	38.53
	Parti Québécois	Réjean Hébert	12,725	32.91
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gaston Stratford	6,607	17.09
	Québec solidaire	André Poulin	3,136	8.11
	Green	Vincent J. Carbonneau	478	1.24
	Bloc Pot	Philippe Lafrance	292	0.76
	Option nationale	Étienne Boudou-Laforce	265	0.69
	Conservative	Marcel Collette	181	0.47
	Unité Nationale	Lionel Lambert	82	0.21
Total valid votes			38,665	98.52
Total rejected ballots			581	1.48
Turnout			39,246	70.15
Electors on the lists			55,945	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Réjean Hébert	15,303	36.34	-5.70
	Liberal	Nathalie Goguen	15,238	36.18	-9.29
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Eric Giroux	7,607	18.06	+9.20
	Québec solidaire	André Poulin	2,103	4.99	+2.27
	Option nationale	Gaby Machabée	932	2.21
	Green	Lindsay-Jane Gowman	809	1.92	+1.64
	Unité Nationale	Lionel Lambert	124	0.29
Total valid votes			42,116	98.64	–
Total rejected ballots			581	1.36	–
Turnout			42,697	77.25
Electors on the lists			55,274	–	–
	Parti Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.80

2008 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Monique Gagnon-Tremblay	13,327	46.96	+9.10
	Parti Québécois	Réjean Hébert	11,845	41.74	+12.16
	Action démocratique	Vincent Marmion	2,230	7.86	-15.99
	Québec solidaire	Sandy Tremblay	769	2.71	-0.65
	Independent	François Mailly	210	0.74