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Christopher Skeete
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Rose
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byJean Habel
Personal details
Political partyCoalition Avenir Québec

Christopher Skeete is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Sainte-Rose as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. On October 18, 2018 he was named parliamentary secretary to the premier François Legault.

He was previously a candidate for the party in the district of Vimont in the 2012 election, and in the district of Fabre in the 2014 election.

His grandfather, Clarence Skeete, played first-class cricket for Trinidad.

Electoral record

2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilles Ouimet 20,614 55.14 +17.64
Parti Québécois François-Gycelain Rocque 7,798 20.86 -7.11
Coalition Avenir Québec Christopher Skeete 6,667 17.83 -9.94
Québec solidaire Marie-Claire Des Rochers-Lamarche 2,122 5.68 +2.13
Option nationale Bernard Paré 181 0.48 -0.61
Total valid votes 37,382 100.00
Total rejected ballots 440 1.16
Turnout 37,822 77.23  
Electors on the lists 48,972
Liberal hold Swing
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean Rousselle 12,973 37.48 -10.87
Parti Québécois Linda Tousignant 10,564 30.52 -4.57
Coalition Avenir Québec Christopher Skeete 8,544 24.68 +13.17
Québec solidaire David Lanneville 1,373 3.97 +0.17
Option nationale Catherine Houbart 688 1.99
Independent Jean-Marc Boyer 253 0.73
Conservative Alain Robert 219 0.63
Total valid votes 34,614 98.88
Total rejected ballots 393 1.12
Turnout 35,007 79.34
Electors on the lists 44,122
Liberal hold Swing -3.15

References

  1. ^ "La CAQ obtient Sainte-Rose". Courrier Laval, October 2, 2018.