Francine Raynault

Francine Raynault (born March 9, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She represented the electoral district of Joliette as a member of the New Democratic Party. She did not run for re-election in 2015.

Francine Raynault
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Joliette
In office
May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byPierre Paquette
Succeeded byGabriel Ste-Marie
Personal details
Born (1945-03-09) March 9, 1945
L'Assomption, Quebec
Political partyNew Democratic Party
ResidenceCrabtree, Quebec
OccupationEntrepreneur, Real Estate Agent, Property Caretaker

Raynault first ran for the riding of Joliette in 2008 and finished fourth, 22,462 votes behind Bloc Québécois incumbent Pierre Paquette. Indeed, she finished just a few hundred votes over the threshold for having her campaign expenses refunded. During the campaign for the 2011 election, Raynault gained the edge over Pierre Paquette as part of a provincewide surge in support for the New Democratic Party, winning by 8,147 votes on election day.[1]

Raynault studied commerce in Montreal, business management in Joliette and business law at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is a mother of four and grandmother of nine grandchildren.

Since 1977 she has been a member of the Association féminine d’éducation et d’action sociale, was president of the AFEAS in the Lanaudière region from 1997 to 2001, member of the provincial executive from 2001 to 2007 and provincial second vice-president and first vice-president.[2][3]

Raynault is a founding member of the Syndicat des agricultrices de Lanaudière. She is a founding member of the Union des producteurs agricoles, Nouvelle-Acadie local section. From 2003 to 2007, Raynault sat on the Executive Committee of the Centre local de développement de Joliette.[4]

She is the great-niece of former Montreal mayor Adhémar Raynault.[5]

Election results
2011 Canadian federal election: Joliette
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticFrancine Raynault27,05047.33+36.91
Bloc QuébécoisPierre Paquette18,80432.90-19.50
ConservativeMichel Morand5,5259.67-8.16
LiberalFrançois Boucher3,5456.20-8.32
GreenAnnie Durette2,2273.90-0.94
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,151100.00
Total rejected ballots 904 1.56-0.05
Turnout 58,055 63.52 +1.50
Eligible voters 91,395 ––
2008 Canadian federal election: Joliette
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisPierre Paquette28,04052.40-1.63$66,256
ConservativeSylvie Lavallée9,54017.83-8.93$55,729
LiberalSuzie St-Onge7,76914.52+4.62$4,504
New DemocraticFrancine Raynault5,57910.42+5.05$1,331
GreenAnnie Durette2,5884.84+0.90$2,465
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,516100.00 $94,530
Total rejected ballots 8781.61
Turnout 54,394 62.02
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +3.65
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References
  1. Réjean Turgeon. Victoire de Francine Raynault. May 3, 2011 [archived January 27, 2013; Retrieved May 3, 2011]. L'action.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://francineraynault.npd.ca/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2011-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Francine Raynault – Parliament of Canada biography
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