Michel Picard (politician)

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Michel Picard (born February 15, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Montarville from 2015^[1] until his defeat in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. During his tenure, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.^[2]

Michel Picard
Picard in June 2011
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
In office December 2, 2015 – January 27, 2017
Minister	Ralph Goodale
Preceded by	Roxanne James
Succeeded by	Mark Holland
Member of Parliament for Montarville
In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	district created
Succeeded by	Stéphane Bergeron
Personal details
Born	(1960-02-15) February 15, 1960 (age 64)
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec
Education	Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense Université Laval

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Montarville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	25,366	42.8	+14.38	$22,609.89
	Liberal	Michel Picard	21,061	35.6	+3.06	$55,495.41
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	4,984	8.4	-16.28	$1,715.58
	Conservative	Julie Sauvageau	4,138	7.0	-3.85	$11,784.17
	Green	Jean-Charles Pelland	2,967	5.0	+2.6	$3,869.64
	People's	Julie Lavallée	501	0.8	–	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Thomas Thibault-Vincent	211	0.4	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,228	100
Total rejected ballots			742
Turnout			59,970	77.8%
Eligible voters			77,097
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.66
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2015 Canadian federal election: Montarville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michel Picard	18,848	32.54	+20.04	–
	Bloc Québécois	Catherine Fournier	16,460	28.42	-0.66	–
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	14,296	24.68	-19.85	–
	Conservative	Stéphane Duranleau	6,284	10.85	+1.25	–
	Green	Olivier Adam	1,388	2.40	-0.05	–
	Libertarian	Claude Leclair	641	1.11	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,917	100.00		$207,758.92
Total rejected ballots			881	1.50	–
Turnout			58,798	77.86	–
Eligible voters			75,521
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+19.94
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 Canadian federal election: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	24,361	44.6	+31.1
	Bloc Québécois	Carole Lavallée	15,384	28.2	-16.8
	Liberal	Michel Picard	7,423	13.6	-8.6
	Conservative	Nicole Charbonneau Barron	5,887	10.8	-4.6
	Green	Germain Denoncourt	1,523	2.8	-1.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,578	100.0
Total rejected ballots			780	1.4	0.0
Turnout			55,358	67.5	-0.2
Eligible voters			82,023	–	–

References

1. "CJAD". Cjad.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
2. "Bill Blair, Adam Vaughan among new parliamentary secretaries". CBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
5. "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". Elections.ca. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Website