Fred Beauchemin

Frédéric Beauchemin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. He represents the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.^[1]

Fred Beauchemin MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Marguerite-Bourgeoys
Incumbent
Assumed office October 3, 2022
Preceded by	Hélène David
Personal details
Born	1965 Montreal
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party (provincial)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party of Canada (federal)

Studies

Mr. Beauchemin did his post-secondary studies at Collège Jean de Brébeuf, where he obtained a DEC in Pure Sciences (1984). Later, he acquired a bachelor of commerce in Finance from HEC Montreal (1987), then an MBA from McGill University in 1994.

Professional life

He began his professional career in banking. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Scotiabank - a position he held until 2019. In 2007 he became Head of Credit Markets to finally completing his professional career as Head of Capital Markets from 2010 to 2019.^[2]

Community involvement

Fred Beauchemin was notably a member of the boards of directors for the foundations of Père Sablon, des petits rois, Marie-Vincent and the Institut du cancer de Montréal.

Since October 3, 2022, Fred Beauchemin has been elected Member of Parliament for Marguerite-Bourgeoys for the Liberal Party of Quebec.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Marguerite-Bourgeoys
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Beauchemin	12,635	44.78	-8.61
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Vicky Michaud	6,533	23.15	-0.33
	Conservative	Aleksa Drakul	3,103	11.00	–
	Québec solidaire	Angélique Soleil Lavoie	2,898	10.27	-0.49
	Parti Québécois	Suzanne Tremblay	1,966	6.97	-1.48
	Bloc Montreal	Keeton Clarke	549	1.95	–
	Green	Carole Thériault	409	1.45	-0.90
	Climat Québec	Serge Bellemare	123	0.44	–
Total valid votes			28,216	98.66	–
Total rejected ballots			382	1.34	–
Turnout			28,598	54.71	-0.09
Electors on the lists			52,274	–	–

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Boudrias	31,029	50.59	+17.58	$20,129.32
	Liberal	Frédéric Beauchemin	17,944	29.26	+1.26	none listed
	Conservative	France Gagnon	4,640	7.57	-3.78	$1,869.33
	New Democratic	Maxime Beaudoin	4,627	7.54	-18.07	$0.33
	Green	Réjean Monette	2,277	3.71	+1.97	none listed
	People's	Jeffrey Barnes	399	0.65		none listed
	Rhinoceros	Paul Vézina	260	0.42		$0.00
	Independent	Jade Hébert	159	0.26		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,335	97.95
Total rejected ballots			1,282	2.05	-0.06
Turnout			62,617	70.31	-0.15
Eligible voters			89,062
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+8.16
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

Office at the National Assembly

Beauchemin is currently serving as:

• Vice-president of the Committee on Economy and Labor
• Official Opposition Critic for the Economy
• Official Opposition Critic for Innovation
• Official Opposition Critic for Finance
• Official Opposition Critic for the Estrie Region
• Official Opposition Critic for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region^[6]

Harassment allegations

On October 5, 2023, Beauchemin and three of his staffers received a complaint for psychological harassment by the president of the Liberal Party of Quebec Youth Commission. It was alleged that the members of his team had harassed, intimidated and threatened her, all the while instrumentalizing the Youth Commission to promote his forthcoming campaign for the leadership of the party with the inaction of Beauchemin regarding the harassment.^[7]

ChatGPT

On April 6, 2023, he asked the very first question written entirely by artificial intelligence in the National Assembly. It was addressed to innovation Minister, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and focused on the impacts and risks of using this same intelligence.

“I would like to know how the Government of Quebec intends to support this transition to an increasingly digital and automated economy, while ensuring the protection of jobs and the competitiveness of our province. Can you tell us what concrete measures your ministry plans to put in place to encourage the use of artificial intelligence and businesses and industries, while ensuring the protection of workers? Thank you in advance for your answer. And by the way, this question was entirely prepared by ChatGPT”.^[8]

Submission of bill

In March 2023, Fred Beauchemin tabled Bill 396: An Act to amend the Debt Reduction Act and establish the Generations Fund to expect an attainment of capitalization of $100 billion in order to ensure generations a green and prosperous future.^[9]

References

1. Robert Dolbec, "Frédéric Beauchemin élu dans Marguerite-Bourgeoys". Métro, October 3, 2022.
2. Lévesque, Fanny (2022-04-29). "Élections 2022: Anglade présente un financier dans Marguerite-Bourgeoys". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
3. Dolbec, Robert (2022-10-04). "Frédéric Beauchemin élu dans Marguerite-Bourgeoys". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
5. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
6. "Frédéric Beauchemin - Assemblée nationale du Québec". m.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
7. Journal de Québec, Geneviève Lajoie, Le (2023-10-05). "Guerre intestine au PLQ: le député Frédéric Beauchemin visé par une plainte de harcèlement psychologique". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
8. Soleil, Olivier Bossé, Le (2023-04-06). "ChatGPT pose une question au Salon bleu". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. "Frédéric Beauchemin présente un projet de loi pour protéger le Fonds des générations contre les tentations électoralistes de la CAQ". Gouvernement du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.