Benoît Tremblay
Benoît Tremblay (b. 1948) was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.
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Background
Tremblay was born on 16 March 1948 in Val-Brillant, Quebec. He had a career in Economics and Administration.
Municipal politics
He successfully ran as a candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Sault-au-Récollet in November 1986.
Tremblay resigned from the City Council on 12 December 1988, after he won a seat to the Canadian House of Commons.
Federal politics
He had been elected as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Rosemont.
Following the 1990 implosion of the Meech Lake Accord, he left the Progressive Conservative party on 26 June 1990. He sat in Parliament as an Independent member and eventually became one of the first members to join the Bloc Québécois party. He was re-elected in the 1993 under his new party banner.
After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Tremblay left Canadian politics as he did not seek a third term in the House of Commons.
Academic life
He is currently a Professor at HEC Montréal where he is also the Director of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives.
Electoral record (partial)
Canadian federal election, 1993: Rosemont | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Benoît Tremblay | 29,414 | 62.95 | $42,398 | ||||
Liberal | Pierre Bourque | 12,826 | 27.45 | −1.73 | $33,639a | |||
Progressive Conservative | Pauline Vincent | 2,519 | 5.39 | −32.45 | $27,356 | |||
New Democratic | Roger Lamarre | 1,037 | 2.22 | −18.02 | $885 | |||
Natural Law | Marc Roy | 646 | 1.38 | $10,900 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Hélène Héroux | 189 | 0.40 | +0.13 | $80 | |||
Commonwealth of Canada | Stéphane Levesque | 93 | 0.20 | −0.07 | $0 | |||
Total valid votes | 46,724 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 2,089 | |||||||
Turnout | 48,813 | 75.43 | +7.12 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 64,717 | |||||||
a Does not include unpaid claims. Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. |
Canadian federal election, 1988: Rosemont | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Benoît Tremblay | 17,127 | 37.84 | $44,311 | ||||
Liberal | Jacques Guilbault | 13,209 | 29.18 | – | $45,624 | |||
New Democratic | Giuseppe Sciortino | 9,163 | 20.24 | $37,493 | ||||
Non-affiliated | Suzanne Blais-Grenier | 2,060 | 4.55 | $8,864 | ||||
Rhinoceros | Christian Nettoyeur Jolicoeur | 1,656 | 3.66 | – | $0 | |||
Green | Sylvain Auclair | 1,383 | 3.06 | $24 | ||||
Communist | Gaétan Trudel | 151 | 0.33 | $18 | ||||
Social Credit | Dollard Desjardins | 148 | 0.33 | $0 | ||||
N/A (Marxist-Leninist) | Arnold August | 122 | 0.27 | $130 | ||||
Non-affiliated | Léo Larocque | 122 | 0.27 | $5,150 | ||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Christiane Deland-Gervais | 120 | 0.27 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 45,261 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,025 | |||||||
Turnout | 46,286 | 68.31 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 67,754 | |||||||
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988. |
External links
- Benoît Tremblay – Parliament of Canada biography
- Website of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives
- Benoît Tremblay's Webpage @ HEC Montréal
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | City Councillor, District of Sault-au-Récollet (#18) 1986-1988 |
Succeeded by Serge Sauvageau (Parti Civique) |
Parliament of Canada | ||
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Rosemont 1988–1997 |
Succeeded by Bernard Bigras |
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