Benoît Tremblay
Member of Parliament
for Rosemont
In office
21 November 1988 – 2 June 1997
Preceded bySuzanne Blais-Grenier
Succeeded byBernard Bigras
Member of the Montreal City Council
for Sault-au-Récollet
In office
9 November 1986 – 12 December 1988
Personal details
Born(1948-03-16)16 March 1948
Val-Brillant, Quebec, Canada
Political partyBloc Québécois (1990–1997)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (1990)
Progressive Conservative (1988–1990)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Economist
  • Administrator
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Benoît Tremblay (French pronunciation: [bənwa tʁɑ̃blɛ]; born 16 March 1948) was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997.

Background

Tremblay was born on 16 March 1948 in Val-Brillant, Quebec. He had a career in Economics and Administration.

Municipal politics

He successfully ran as a candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Sault-au-Récollet in November 1986.

Tremblay resigned from the City Council on 12 December 1988, after he won a seat to the House of Commons of Canada.

Federal politics

He had been elected as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Rosemont.

Following the 1990 implosion of the Meech Lake Accord, he left the Progressive Conservative party on 26 June 1990. He sat in Parliament as an Independent member and eventually became one of the first members to join the Bloc Québécois party. He was re-elected in the 1993 under his new party banner.

After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Tremblay left Canadian politics as he did not seek a third term in the House of Commons.

Academic life

He is currently a professor at HEC Montréal where he is also the Director of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives.

Electoral record (partial)

1993 Canadian federal election: Rosemont
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Tremblay29,41462.95$42,398
LiberalPierre Bourque12,82627.45−1.73$33,639a
Progressive ConservativePauline Vincent2,5195.39−32.45$27,356
New DemocraticRoger Lamarre1,0372.22−18.02$885
Natural LawMarc Roy6461.38$10,900
Marxist–LeninistHélène Héroux1890.40+0.13$80
Commonwealth of CanadaStéphane Levesque930.20−0.07$0
Total valid votes 46,724 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,089
Turnout 48,813 75.43 +7.12
Electors on the lists 64,717
a Does not include unpaid claims.
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.
1988 Canadian federal election: Rosemont
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeBenoît Tremblay17,12737.84$44,311
LiberalJacques Guilbault13,20929.18–$45,624
New DemocraticGiuseppe Sciortino9,16320.24$37,493
IndependentSuzanne Blais-Grenier2,0604.55$8,864
RhinocerosChristian Nettoyeur Jolicoeur1,6563.66–$0
GreenSylvain Auclair1,3833.06$24
CommunistGaétan Trudel1510.33$18
Social CreditDollard Desjardins1480.33$0
Marxist–LeninistArnold August1220.27$130
IndependentLéo Larocque1220.27$5,150
Commonwealth of CanadaChristiane Deland-Gervais1200.27$0
Total valid votes 45,261 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,025
Turnout 46,286 68.31
Electors on the lists 67,754
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.

References

  1. ↑ Normandin, Pierre G. (Spring 1989). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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