Michel Charbonneau

Michel Charbonneau (born September 23, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Saint-Jean in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1994.

Michel Charbonneau
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Jean
In office 1989–1994
Preceded by	Pierre Lorrain
Succeeded by	Roger Paquin
Personal details
Born	September 23, 1948 Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party

Born and raised in Napierville, Quebec, Charbonneau served as a municipal councillor and mayor of Napierville before being elected to the legislature in the 1989 election.[1] In the legislature, he served as chair of a task force on reform of trucking regulations in the province.[2]

In the 1994 election, he was initially declared to have been narrowly defeated by Roger Paquin of the Parti Québécois.[3] After a judicial recount, however, the two were found to have finished in an exact tie, necessitating a new by-election to determine the winner.[4] Paquin won the by-election.[5]

Electoral record

1994 Quebec general election: Saint-Jean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Charbonneau	16,536	42.50	-11.10
	Parti Québécois	Roger Paquin	16,536	42.50	+3.20
	Action démocratique	Daniel Lefebvre	4,494	11.96	–
	New Democratic	Julien Patenaude	638	1.60	-3.40
	Natural Law	Anne Bélanger	313	0.80	–
	Sovereignty	Réal Brunette	232	0.60	–
	Equality	Richard Beaucage	145	0.40	–
Total valid votes			38,894	100.00	–
Turnout			38,894	82.01	+3.85
Electors on the lists			47,426
The result was declared void as a result of the tie and a subsequent by-election was held on October 24, 1994

Quebec provincial by-election, October 24, 1994: Saint-Jean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Roger Paquin	15,680	43.80	+1.30
	Liberal	Michel Charbonneau	15,148	42.30	-0.20
	Action démocratique	Daniel Lefebvre	4,693	11.96	+1.14
	New Democratic	Julien Patenaude	204	0.60	-1.00
	Sovereignty	Réal Brunette	232	0.20	-0.40
Total valid votes			35,807	98.66
Total rejected ballots			487	1.34	-1.61
Turnout			36,294	76.53	-5.48
Electors on the lists			47,426
	Parti Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+0.75

References

1. "Charbonneau wins St. Jean despite lead-poison scandal". Montreal Gazette, September 26, 1989.
2. "Quebec to set up patrols to regulate truckers: Elkas". Montreal Gazette, July 5, 1990.
3. "Anglos, allophones help Liberals keep seats; Robillard is turfed out in Chambly". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 1994.
4. "New vote set after recount results in tie". Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1994.
5. "Parti Quebecois wins first test in run-off election". Waterloo Region Record, October 25, 1994.

External links

• Michel Charbonneau at the National Assembly of Quebec