Yves-François Blanchet
Yves-François Blanchet | |
|---|---|
| Blanchet in 2023 | |
| Leader of the Bloc Québécois | |
| Assumed office January 17, 2019 | |
| President | Yves Perron |
| Preceded by | Mario Beaulieu (interim) |
| Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks of Quebec | |
| In office December 4, 2012 – April 23, 2014 | |
| Premier | Pauline Marois |
| Preceded by | Daniel Breton |
| Succeeded by | David Heurtel |
| Member of Parliament for Beloeil—Chambly | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Dubé |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Johnson (Drummond; 2008–2012) | |
| In office December 8, 2008 – April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sébastien Schneeberger |
| Succeeded by | André Lamontagne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965年04月16日) April 16, 1965 (age 59) Drummondville, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois (federal) |
| Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois (provincial) |
| Spouse | Nancy Déziel |
| Residence(s) | Shawinigan, Quebec [1] |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal (BA) |
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Yves-François Blanchet MP (French: [ivfʁɑ̃swablɑ̃ʃɛt] ; born April 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Bloc Québécois (BQ) and member of Parliament (MP) for Beloeil—Chambly since 2019.
Blanchet was born in Drummondville, Quebec, and graduated from the Université de Montréal. Prior to entering politics he ran an artist management firm and was the president of ADISQ from 2003 to 2006. Blanchet served as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Parti Québécois (PQ) from 2008 until his defeat in the 2014 election. He was Quebec's Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks from 2012 to 2014 under Premier Pauline Marois.
Blanchet was elected unopposed as leader of the Bloc Québécois in 2019, following Martine Ouellet's resignation the previous year. He was elected to parliament later that year, with the BQ increasing its number of seats from 10 in 2015 to 32 in 2019 and overtaking the New Democratic Party (NDP) to become the House of Commons' third-largest party. At the 2021 election the BQ recorded a marginal increase in vote share and retained all its seats to remain as the third-largest party.
Life and career
[edit ]Blanchet was born April 16, 1965, in Drummondville, Quebec, to Pierrette Bédard, a nurse, and Raymond Blanchet, a technician and lineman.[2] He is a graduate from the Université de Montréal where he obtained a bachelor's degree in history and anthropology in 1987. He later worked as a teacher and was a founder of an artist, disc and concert management firm, YFB Inc. while being the president of the ADISQ from 2003 to 2006. He was named the local business personality of the year by the Drummondville Chamber of Commerce, while he and associated artists received 10 Félix Awards.
Blanchet was elected to represent the riding of Drummond in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. In the 2012 election, he was reelected, this time in Johnson electoral district. A member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), Blanchet was Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks from 2012 until 2014.[3] He was also a member of the Youth National Committee of the Parti Québécois in 1988 as well as a regional director of the PQ. He was defeated by Coalition Avenir Québec candidate André Lamontagne in the 2014 Quebec election.
Prior to becoming leader of the Bloc Québécois, he was a columnist with Le Nouvelliste ,[4] and appeared on the program Les Ex, on ICI RDI.[5]
Leader of the Bloc Québécois (2018–present)
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On November 26, 2018, Blanchet announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Bloc Québécois. As no other candidate had entered the race by the time nominations closed on January 15, 2019, Blanchet was officially acclaimed leader on January 17, 2019.[6]
Ahead of the 2019 federal election, BQ polling numbers rose to alignment towards those of the popular François Legault-led Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) provincial government.[7] Blanchet won his seat of Beloeil—Chambly. Under Blanchet's leadership, the BQ increased its number of seats from 10 in 2015, to 32 seats in 2019, both overtaking the NDP to become the third-largest party in Canada and regaining official party status.[8]
In the 2021 snap federal election, the Bloc Québécois led by Blanchet won 32 seats, unchanged from the prior election.[9] [10]
The Bloc Québécois held a leadership confidence vote in May 2023. Blanchet won 97 per cent of the vote.[11]
Personal life
[edit ]Blanchet married and is now separated from Nancy Déziel.[12]
Electoral record
[edit ]Federal results
[edit ]| 2021 Canadian federal election: Beloeil—Chambly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves-François Blanchet | 34,678 | 53.1 | +2.5 | 44,405ドル.09 | |||
| Liberal | Marie-Chantal Hamel | 15,460 | 23.7 | -0.1 | 20,410ドル.86 | |||
| Conservative | Stéphane Robichaud | 5,622 | 8.6 | +2.8 | 1,228ドル.76 | |||
| New Democratic | Marie-Josée Béliveau | 5,525 | 8.5 | -6.5 | 1,187ドル.30 | |||
| People's | Danila Ejov | 1,344 | 2.1 | +1.5 | 5ドル.00 | |||
| Green | Fabrice Gélinas Larrain | 1,294 | 2.0 | -2.7 | 1,848ドル.81 | |||
| Free | Mario Grimard | 845 | 1.3 | – | 1,113ドル.55 | |||
| Marijuana | Benjamin Vachon | 191 | 0.3 | – | 0ドル.00 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Thomas Thibault-Vincent | 185 | 0.3 | – | 0ドル.00 | |||
| Indépendance du Québec | Michel Blondin | 163 | 0.2 | – | 0ドル.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,324 | 98.3 | – | 124,082ドル.82 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | 1.7 | ||||||
| Turnout | 66,433 | 68.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 96,633 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +1.3 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [13] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Beloeil—Chambly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves-François Blanchet | 35,068 | 50.5 | +22.82 | 36,540ドル.34 | |||
| Liberal | Marie-Chantal Hamel | 16,059 | 23.1 | -6.24 | 62,823ドル.63 | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew Dubé | 10,086 | 14.5 | -16.57 | 20,636ドル.78 | |||
| Conservative | Véronique Laprise | 4,305 | 6.2 | -3.09 | 0ドル.00 | |||
| Green | Pierre Carrier | 3,255 | 4.7 | +2.45 | 18,235ドル.50 | |||
| People's | Chloé Bernard | 512 | 0.7 | – | 5,931ドル.38 | |||
| Indépendence du Québec | Michel Blondin | 205 | 0.3 | – | 768ドル.82 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,490 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,064 | |||||||
| Turnout | 70,554 | 73.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,723 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [14] [15] | ||||||||
Provincial results
[edit ]| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | André Lamontagne | 13,621 | 36.06 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Yves-François Blanchet | 11,768 | 31.16 | |||||
| Liberal | Brigitte Mercier | 8,946 | 23.69 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | François Desrochers | 2,365 | 6.26 | |||||
| Parti nul | Sébastien Gauthier | 502 | 1.33 | |||||
| Option nationale | Magali Doucet | 304 | 0.80 | |||||
| Conservative | Benoit Lussier | 262 | 0.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,768 | 98.04 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 755 | 1.96 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,523 | 67.44 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 57,123 | – | ||||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Yves-François Blanchet | 15,007 | 36.16 | +1.34 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Stéphane Legault | 14,804 | 35.67 | +5.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Nancy Boyce | 8,434 | 20.32 | -9.55 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Julie Dionne | 1,887 | 4.55 | +1.57 | ||||
| Option nationale | Steve Lemay | 889 | 2.14 | |||||
| Conservative | Benoit Lussier | 479 | 1.15 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Québécois | Yves-François Blanchet | 11,480 | 34.40 | ||
| Liberal | Jacques Sigouin | 10,860 | 32.54 | ||
| Action démocratique | Sébastien Schneeberger | 9,757 | 29.23 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Luce Daneau | 1,279 | 3.83 | ||
References
[edit ]- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Yves-François Blanchet - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "The Minister- Biography". Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "Shame! Shame! Shame!". Le Nouvelliste (in French). November 9, 2018. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ "Le grand vent se fait attendre". Le Nouvelliste (in French). December 23, 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ "Yves-François Blanchet becomes Bloc Québécois leader". CBC News. January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Surge in Bloc Quebecois popularity 'a little bit surprising,' says Maxime Bernier". Global News. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Montpetit, Jonathan (October 22, 2019). "Big gains for the Bloc Québécois, but what did it sacrifice in the process? Social Sharing". CBC News. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ Connolly, Amanda (September 20, 2021). "Liberals projected to form minority government". Global News. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ Tasker, John Paul (September 20, 2021). "Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government". CBC. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ Morris, Erika (May 20, 2023). "Blanchet maintains 97% support of Bloc Québécois members in vote of confidence". CBC News . Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ "Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet tests positive for COVID-19". CBC News . September 18, 2020. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
External links
[edit ]Media related to Yves-François Blanchet at Wikimedia Commons
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Parti Quebecois biopage [permanent dead link ] (in French)
- Yves-François Blanchet – Parliament of Canada biography
- 1965 births
- Bloc Québécois MPs
- Bloc Québécois leaders
- Living people
- Parti Québécois MNAs
- People from Drummondville
- People from Shawinigan
- Politicians from Mauricie
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Members of the Executive Council of Quebec
- Critics of multiculturalism
- 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec