Sylvie Boucher

Sylvie Boucher MP
Official Opposition Critic for La Francophonie
Incumbent
Assumed office November 20, 2015
Leader	Rona Ambrose
Preceded by	Pierre Dionne Labelle
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Jonathan Tremblay
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Beauport—Limoilou
In office January 23, 2006 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Christian Simard
Succeeded by	Raymond Côté
Personal details
Born	(1962-12-18) December 18, 1962 Victoriaville, Quebec
Political party	Conservative (federal) CAQ (provincial)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party of Quebec (1999-2006)
Spouse(s)	divorced
Residence	Beauport, Quebec
Profession	administrator, political advisor, sales consultant

Sylvie Boucher MP (born December 18, 1962 in Victoriaville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party who was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou, Quebec in the 2006 election by a margin of 812 votes over her Bloc Québécois opponent.

On February 7, 2006, Boucher was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. On April 10, 2007 she also became Parliamentary Secretary for La Francophonie and Official Languages. On October 10, 2007 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Status of Women. She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Raymond Côté of the New Democratic Party.

Boucher has studied office systems technology, gerontology, information technology and literature. Before politics, she worked in the private sector and specialized in marketing and sales. Later, she worked in the National Assembly of Quebec with various jobs; she also served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Canadian Minister of Tourism.

She returned to parliament in the 2015 election and defeated incumbent Jonathan Tremblay in the new riding of Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix.

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	16,903	33.53	+10.53	–
	Liberal	Jean-Roger Vigneau	13,556	26.89	+21.55	–
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Dufour	9,650	19.14	-12.51	–
	New Democratic	Jonathan Tremblay	9,306	18.46	-19.79	–
	Green	Patrick Kerr	859	1.7	-0.01	–
	Strength in Democracy	Mario Desjardins Pelchat	182	0.36	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,406	100.0		$219,234.02
Total rejected ballots			846	–	–
Turnout			51,302	–	–
Eligible voters			76,452
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.16
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	24,306	46.07	+33.85
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	13,845	26.24	-10.52
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Létourneau	10,250	19.43	-13.18
	Liberal	Lorraine Chartier	3,162	5.99	-8.37
	Green	Louise Courville	950	1.80	-0.98
	Christian Heritage	Anne-Marie Genest	124	0.24	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Moreau	122	0.23	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,759	100.00
Total rejected ballots			843	1.57	-0.14
Turnout			53,602	63.26	+3.86
Eligible voters			84,738	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+22.19

2008 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	17,994	36.76	-2.68	$48,176
	Bloc Québécois	Éléonore Mainguy	15,962	32.61	-5.26	$28,254
	Liberal	Yves Picard	7,030	14.36	+4.32	$19,558
	New Democratic	Simon-Pierre Beaudet	5,986	12.22	+4.24	$4,297
	Green	Luc Côté	1,363	2.78	-1.30	$0
	Independent	Simon Bédard	610	1.23	–	–	$5,911
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,945	100.00	$87,843
Total rejected ballots			849	1.71
Turnout			49,794	59.40
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.29

2006 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	19,409	39.54		$46,042
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Simard	18,589	37.87		47,697
	Liberal	Yves Picard	4,929	10.04	–	$28,843
	New Democratic	Simone-Pierre Beaudet	3,917	7.98		$3,093
	Green	Mario Laprise	2,005	4.08	–	$913
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean Bédard	234	0.48	–	not listed
Total valid votes			49,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			638
Turnout			49,721	59.67
Electors on the lists			83,327
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Sources

• Sylvie Boucher article at ctv.ca

External links

• Sylvie Boucher – Parliament of Canada biography