Gabriel Ste-Marie
Gabriel Ste-Marie | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Joliette | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Francine Raynault |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations | Québec debout (2018) |
| Residence | Joliette, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | Economist, Teacher |
Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic. Ste-Marie was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.
Ste-Marie served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader (and its parliamentary leader as the party leader did not have a seat in parliament) from 2017 until he resigned from the position on February 25, 2018 in a dispute with party leader Martine Ouellet.[1] He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet.[2] He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.[3]
He is also a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal.[4]
Electoral record[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 18,875 | 33.3 | +0.29 | – | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 15,995 | 28.2 | +21.81 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Danielle Landreville | 14,566 | 25.7 | -21.22 | – | |||
| Conservative | Soheil Eid | 5,705 | 10.1 | +0.41 | – | |||
| Green | Mathieu Morin | 1,335 | 2.4 | -1.59 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Robert D. Morais | 213 | 0.4 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,689 | 100.0 | $232,599.74 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | 1.20 | -0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,798 | 67.22 | +3.7 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,981 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +10.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/differences-with-martine-ouellet-led-bloc-mp-to-resign-as-house-leader
- ^ Allard, Clement (February 28, 2018). "Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "5 Bloc Québécois MPs who quit party returning to the fold". CBC News. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ "" C'est maintenant que le vrai travail commence " - Gabriel Ste-Marie" (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Joliette, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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