Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas | |
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| Member of Parliament for Rimouski—La Matapédia Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques (2019–2025) | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Guy Caron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1989 (age 36–37) |
| Party | Bloc Québécois |
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas MP (born 1989) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Rimouski—La Matapédia as a member of the Bloc Québécois.
Political career
Since 2021 he has served as the critic for the St. Lawrence Seaway, science and innovation in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[2]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Rimouski—La Matapédia | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Maxime Blanchette-Joncas | 24,608 | 46.28 | –8.02 | $49,301.33 | |||
| Liberal | Alexander Reford | 18,846 | 35.44 | +13.36 | $0.00 | |||
| Conservative | Nancy Joannette | 7,201 | 13.54 | +2.34 | $3,366.52 | |||
| New Democratic | Salomé Salvain | 946 | 1.78 | –4.08 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Noémi Bureau-Civil | 608 | 1.14 | –1.87 | $206.91 | |||
| People's | Taraneh Javanbakht | 337 | 0.63 | –1.43 | $0.00 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Lysane Picker-Paquin | 295 | 0.55 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Raphaël Arsenault | 239 | 0.45 | N/A | $39.77 | |||
| Independent | Tommy Lefebvre | 95 | 0.18 | N/A | $47.62 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | – | – | – | $136,608.81 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,175 | 63.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,140 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | –10.69 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Maxime Blanchette-Joncas | 20,657 | 49.0 | +11.2 | $29,861.18 | |||
| Liberal | Léonie Lajoie | 10,482 | 24.9 | +2.8 | $9,539.74 | |||
| Conservative | France Gagnon | 5,569 | 13.2 | +4.3 | $3,704.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvain Lajoie | 2,641 | 6.3 | -22.2 | $621.60 | |||
| Independent | Noémi Bureau-Civil | 1,467 | 3.5 | N/A | $2,245.90 | |||
| People's | Jean Tardy | 700 | 1.7 | +1.2 | $2,383.86 | |||
| Free | Michel Raymond | 430 | 1.0 | N/A | $301.03 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Megan Hodges | 192 | 0.5 | +0.1 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,138 | 98.0 | – | $110,576.53 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 881 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,019 | 61.1 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 70,467 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +4.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Maxime Blanchette-Joncas | 17,314 | 37.8 | +18.50 | $13,984.50 | |||
| New Democratic | Guy Caron | 13,050 | 28.5 | -14.61 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Chantal Pilon | 10,095 | 22.1 | -5.92 | $42,899.50 | |||
| Conservative | Nancy Brassard-Fortin | 4,073 | 8.9 | +1.42 | $13,507.19 | |||
| Green | Jocelyn Rioux | 824 | 1.8 | +0.31 | none listed | |||
| People's | Pierre Lacombe | 232 | 0.50 | New | none listed | |||
| Rhinoceros | Lysane Picker-Paquin | 179 | 0.4 | -0.21 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,767 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 758 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,525 | 66.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 69,939 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +16.56 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ François Drouin, "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas élu dans Rimouski - Neigette - Témiscouata - Les Basques". Info Dimanche, October 22, 2019.
- ↑ Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "Confirmed candidates — Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.