Yves Perron
Yves Perron | |
|---|---|
| President of the Bloc Québécois | |
| Assumed office August 22, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Beaulieu |
| Member of Parliament for Berthier—Maskinongé | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Ellen Brosseau |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
Yves Perron MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Berthier—Maskinongé as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Perron also serves as President of the party.
Political career
Yves Perron made a first attempt to become Member of Parliament for Berthier-Maskinongé in 2015, falling short with 25.8% of the vote.
Between 2015 and 2019, he was actively involved in the Quebec independence movement, as regional president of the Parti Québécois for Lanaudière between 2016 and 2018, as well as serving as riding president of the Bloc Québécois in Berthier-Maskinongé.
Following the leadership crisis of Martine Ouellet as head of the Bloc Québécois, he became national president of the Bloc Québécois.
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Berthier—Maskinongé | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves Perron | 21,200 | 37.62 | +11.82 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ruth Ellen Brosseau | 19,698 | 34.95 | -7.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Christine Poirier | 7,796 | 13.83 | -6.45 | ||||
| Conservative | Josée Bélanger | 5,812 | 10.31 | +0.11 | ||||
| Green | Éric Laferrière | 1,008 | 1.79 | +0.23 | ||||
| People's | Luc Massé | 428 | 0.76 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alain Bélanger | 154 | 0.27 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville | 151 | 0.27 | – | ||||
| Marijuana | Danny Légaré | 107 | 0.19 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,354 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 977 | 1.16 | +0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,331 | 68.01 | +1.87 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,301 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Election 2019: Star NDP candidate a casualty of Bloc's surge in popularity". Montreal Gazette. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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