Gaétan Barrette
Gaétan Barrette | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office April 23, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Réjean Hébert |
| MNA for La Pinière | |
| Assumed office April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Fatima Houda-Pepin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 5, 1956 La Tuque, Quebec |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party CAQ (formerly) |
| Residence(s) | Brossard, Quebec |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal University of Grenoble University of San Diego |
| Profession | Radiologist |
Gaétan Barrette (born July 5, 1956) is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of La Pinière as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Prior to his election to the legislature, he was a radiologist at Montreal's Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. He ran in the 2012 election as a candidate of the Coalition Avenir Québec in Terrebonne, but ran as a Liberal in 2014.[2] He was named Minister of Health and Social Services on April 24, 2014.
Electoral Record
| 2014 Quebec general election: La Pinière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gaétan Barrette | 25,955 | 58.29 | +9.04 | ||||
| Independent | Fatima Houda-Pepin | 10,452 | 23.47 | -25.78 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jin Kim | 5,600 | 12.58 | -11.91 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Johane Beaupré | 1,728 | 3.88 | -0.51 | ||||
| Option nationale | François Létourneau-Prézeau | 534 | 1.20 | +0.16 | ||||
| Conservative | Sebastian Fernandez | 256 | 0.57 | -0.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,525 | 98.85 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 520 | 1.15 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,045 | 74.77 | +2.64 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 60,247 | – | – | |||||
| 2012 Quebec general election: Terrebonne | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Mathieu Traversy | 19,077 | 44.53 | -0.69 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Gaétan Barrette | 15,429 | 36.02 | +14.45* | ||||
| Liberal | Josée Gingras | 5,646 | 13.18 | -14.33 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Yan Smith | 1,380 | 3.22 | +0.61 | ||||
| Green | Benoit Carignan | 635 | 1.48 | -1.61 | ||||
| Option nationale | Marc-André Dénommée | 510 | 1.19 | – | ||||
| Coalition pour la constituante | Patrick Dubé | 160 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,837 | 98.72 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 554 | 1.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 43,391 | 80.21 | +19.74 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 54,100 | – | – | |||||
* Result compared to Action démocratique
References
- ^ "La Pinière elects Liberal, not independent Houda-Pépin". Global News, April 7, 2014.
- ^ "Gaétan Barrette sera candidat pour le PLQ". Le Journal de Montréal, March 3, 2014.
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