Luc Ferland

Luc Ferland
MNA for Ungava
In office April 25, 2007 – 2014
Preceded by	Michel Létourneau
Succeeded by	Jean Boucher
Personal details
Political party	Parti Québécois
Portfolio	Northern development, aboriginal affairs

Luc Ferland is a Canadian politician, who was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Ungava from 2007 to 2014.

Ferland attended the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue and obtained a degree in animation, and also studied at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in project management. He was the political aide of outgoing MNA Michel Létourneau. He was also the director of the CRD of Baie-James and a commissioner at the Baie James School Board.

Ferland was elected in Ungava in the 2007 elections succeeding Letourneau who was also representing the northern Quebec riding. He was named the PQ critic for northern development and aboriginal affairs.

Ferland ran unsuccessfully for the Bloc Quebecois in the riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in the federal election of 2015.

Electoral record

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Roméo Saganash	12,778	37.0	-7.82	–
	Liberal	Pierre Dufour	11,094	32.1	+21.63	–
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Ferland	6,398	18.5	+0.23	–
	Conservative	Steven Hébert	3,211	9.3	-13.25	–
	Green	Patrick Benoît	779	2.3	-1.59	–
	Rhinoceros	Mario Gagnon	258	0.7	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,518	100.0		$247,074.94
Total rejected ballots			609	–	–
Turnout			35,127	55.55	–
Eligible voters			63,226
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.73
Source: Elections Canada

Ungava

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Boucher	4,615	42.34	+7.63
	Parti Québécois	Luc Ferland	3,599	33.02	-12.51
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Michael Donald Cameron	1,800	16.51	+5.48
	Québec solidaire	André Richer	512	4.70	-1.45
	Option nationale	Zoé Allen-Mercier	235	2.16	-0.44
	Parti nul	Matthew Guillemette	140	1.28	–
Total valid votes			10,901	98.14	–
Total rejected ballots			207	1.86	–
Turnout			11,108	41.47	-0.15
Electors on the lists			26,786	–	–
	Liberal gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+10.07

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Luc Ferland	4,854	45.52	-1.77
	Liberal	Gérald Lemoyne	3,701	34.71	+0.09
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Stéphane Robichaud	1,176	11.03	+0.49
	Québec solidaire	Sylvain Couture	655	6.14	+1.10
	Option nationale	Dominic Hamelin-Johnston	277	2.60	–
Total valid votes			10,663	98.18	–
Total rejected ballots			198	1.82	–
Turnout			10,861	41.62	+5.53
Electors on the lists			26,098	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-0.93

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2008 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Luc Ferland	4,119	47.30	+5.89
	Liberal	Pierre Gaudreault	3,015	34.62	+2.10
	Action démocratique	Pascal Dion	918	10.54	-10.94
	Québec solidaire	Mélanie Dufour	439	5.04	+0.44
	Independent	Gilbert Hamel	218	2.50	-2.10
Total valid votes			8,709	98.61	–
Total rejected ballots			123	1.39	–
Turnout			8,832	36.09	-10.38
Electors on the lists			24,474	–	–

2007 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Luc Ferland	4,555	41.41	-8.70
	Liberal	Aline Sauvageau	3,577	32.52	-4.63
	Action démocratique	Jacques L. Cadieux	2,363	21.48	+8.74
	Québec solidaire	Gilbert Hamel	506	4.60	–
Total valid votes			11,001	98.88	–
Total rejected ballots			125	1.12	–
Turnout			11,126	46.47	-4.05
Electors on the lists			23,944	–	–

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• PQ webpage (in French)