Xavier Barsalou-Duval
Xavier Barsalou-Duval | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 10, 1988 Boucherville, Quebec |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois, Parti Québécois |
| Alma mater | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières |
| Profession | Auditor, teacher |
Xavier Barsalou-Duval is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1]
He was president of the Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois from 2011 to 2015 and campaigned for Mario Beaulieu in the 2014 leadership race.[2][3]
He was elected with the lowest percentage of the vote of any Member of Parliament in 2015, gaining only 28.6% of the vote due to vote splitting and a close race in his riding.
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Xavier Barsalou-Duval | 17,007 | 28.64 | -7.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Lucie Gagnon | 16,794 | 28.28 | +18.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Raphaël Fortin | 14,454 | 24.34 | -19.01 | ||||
| Conservative | Clovis Maheux | 6,079 | 10.24 | +1.84 | ||||
| Green | JiCi Lauzon | 5,056 | 8.51 | +6.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 59.390 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 800 | 1.33 | -0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 60,190 | 76.4 | +4.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,738 | – | – | |||||