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 lifeedit
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.[citation needed]
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.
benoît, tremblay, french, pronunciation, bənwa, tʁɑ, blɛ, born, march, 1948, canadian, politician, member, house, commons, canada, from, 1988, 1997, member, parliamentfor, rosemontin, office, november, 1988, june, 1997preceded, bysuzanne, blais, greniersucceed. Benoit Tremblay French pronunciation benwa tʁɑ blɛ born 16 March 1948 was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 Benoit TremblayMember of Parliamentfor RosemontIn office 21 November 1988 2 June 1997Preceded bySuzanne Blais GrenierSucceeded byBernard BigrasMember of the Montreal City Councilfor Sault au RecolletIn office 9 November 1986 12 December 1988Personal detailsBorn 1948 03 16 16 March 1948Val Brillant Quebec CanadaPolitical partyBloc Quebecois 1990 1997 Other politicalaffiliationsIndependent 1990 Progressive Conservative 1988 1990 OccupationPoliticianEconomistAdministrator 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Municipal politics 3 Federal politics 4 Academic life 5 Electoral record partial 6 References 7 External linksBackground editTremblay was born on 16 March 1948 in Val Brillant Quebec He had a career in Economics and Administration Municipal politics editHe successfully ran as a candidate of Jean Dore s Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montreal RCM for the district of Sault au Recollet in November 1986 Tremblay resigned from the City Council on 12 December 1988 after he won a seat to the House of Commons of Canada Federal politics editHe 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 Quebecois 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 editHe is currently a professor at HEC Montreal where he is also the Director of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives citation needed Electoral record partial editvte1993 Canadian federal election RosemontParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresBloc Quebecois Benoit Tremblay 29 414 62 95 42 398Liberal Pierre Bourque 12 826 27 45 1 73 33 639aProgressive Conservative Pauline Vincent 2 519 5 39 32 45 27 356New Democratic Roger Lamarre 1 037 2 22 18 02 885Natural Law Marc Roy 646 1 38 10 900Marxist Leninist Helene Heroux 189 0 40 0 13 80Commonwealth of Canada Stephane Levesque 93 0 20 0 07 0Total valid votes 46 724 100 00Total rejected ballots 2 089Turnout 48 813 75 43 7 12Electors on the lists 64 717a 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 vte1988 Canadian federal election RosemontParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresProgressive Conservative Benoit Tremblay 17 127 37 84 44 311Liberal Jacques Guilbault 13 209 29 18 45 624New Democratic Giuseppe Sciortino 9 163 20 24 37 493Independent Suzanne Blais Grenier 2 060 4 55 8 864Rhinoceros Christian Nettoyeur Jolicoeur 1 656 3 66 0Green Sylvain Auclair 1 383 3 06 24Communist Gaetan Trudel 151 0 33 18Social Credit Dollard Desjardins 148 0 33 0Marxist Leninist Arnold August 122 0 27 130Independent Leo Larocque 122 0 27 5 150Commonwealth of Canada Christiane Deland Gervais 120 0 27 0Total valid votes 45 261 100 00Total rejected ballots 1 025Turnout 46 286 68 31Electors on the lists 67 754Source Report of the Chief Electoral Officer Thirty fourth General Election 1988 References edit Normandin Pierre G Spring 1989 Canadian Parliamentary Guide External links editBenoit Tremblay Parliament of Canada biography Website of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives Benoit Tremblay s Webpage HEC MontrealPolitical officesPreceded byFernand Joubert Parti Civique City Councillor District of Sault au Recollet 18 1986 1988 Succeeded bySerge Sauvageau Parti Civique Parliament of CanadaPreceded bySuzanne Blais Grenier Member of Parliament for Rosemont1988 1997 Succeeded byBernard Bigras nbsp This article about a Quebec Member of Parliament from the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benoit Tremblay amp oldid 1172571590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
