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Jean Boucher (MNA)
Jean Boucher is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Ungava as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Jean Boucher | |
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Jean Boucher, 2018 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Ungava | |
| In office April 7, 2014 – August 29, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Luc Ferland |
| Succeeded by | Denis Lamothe |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Residence(s) | Kuujjuaq, Quebec |
Prior to his election to the legislature, Boucher worked as a lawyer and as an administrator of low-income housing for the Kativik Municipal Housing Office in Kuujjuaq.
Electoral record edit
| 2018 Quebec general election: Ungava | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Denis Lamothe | 2,270 | 26.51 | +10.00 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Jonathan Mattson | 2,224 | 25.97 | -7.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Boucher | 2,134 | 24.92 | -17.42 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Alisha Tukkiapik | 1,416 | 16.53 | +11.83 | ||||
| Conservative | Alexandre Croteau | 192 | 2.24 | |||||
| Green | Cristina Roos | 183 | 2.14 | |||||
| New Democratic | Louis R. Couture | 145 | 1.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,564 | 97.92 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 182 | 2.08 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,746 | 30.89 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 28,314 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.53 | ||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount, and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The initial results declared Denis Lamothe the victor by a margin of 44 votes. The recount resulted in Lamothe keeping the seat by a margin of 46 votes. | ||||||||
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. "CAQ keeps northern Quebec seat in Ungava recount | CBC News". CBC News. October 15, 2018. | ||||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Boucher | 4,615 | 42.34 | +7.63 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Luc Ferland | 3,599 | 33.02 | -12.51 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Michael Donald Cameron | 1,800 | 16.51 | +5.48 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | André Richer | 512 | 4.70 | -1.45 | ||||
| Option nationale | Zoé Allen-Mercier | 235 | 2.16 | -0.44 | ||||
| Parti nul | Matthew Guillemette | 140 | 1.28 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,901 | 98.14 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 207 | 1.86 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 11,108 | 41.47 | -0.15 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 26,786 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +10.07 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "Seul François Gendron survit à la vague libérale" 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Abitibi Express, April 7, 2014.