Yvon Charbonneau | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies | |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Pomerleau |
| Succeeded by | riding abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 11, 1940 Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec |
| Died | April 22, 2016 (aged 75) Florida, United States |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Profession | Administrator, ambassador, consultant, professor, unionist |
Yvon Charbonneau, PC (July 11, 1940 – April 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician.
Charbonneau was born in Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec and was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the constituency of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from 1997 to 2004. He is a former administrator, consultant, professor, and unionist. In Parliament, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness with special emphasis on Emergency Preparedness, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health.
He did not run in the 2004 election.
Charbonneau was also a member of the National Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal in the riding of Bourassa from 1994 to 1997.
Electoral record (partial)
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Anjou–Rivière-des-Prairies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Yvon Charbonneau | 28,134 | 57.86 | |||||
| Bloc Québécois | Jacques Dagenais | 14,755 | 30.35 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Tanguay | 2,034 | 4.18 | |||||
| Alliance | Gianni Chiazzese | 2,005 | 4.12 | |||||
| Marijuana | Normand Néron | 918 | 1.89 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Whelan | 624 | 1.28 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Hélène Héroux | 151 | 0.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 48,621 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,134 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,755 | 66.61 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 74,695 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Yvon Charbonneau | 24,189 | 47.31 | +5.09 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Roger Pomerleau | 16,558 | 32.38 | -10.72 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Corbeil | 9,405 | 18.39 | +6.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Lemay Amabili | 752 | 1.47 | -0.11 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 227 | 0.44 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,131 | 100.00 | ||||||
External links
- Yvon Charbonneau – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts
- Yvon Charbonneau was the conscience of Quebec’s union movement Globe and Mail obituary by Lisa Fitterman, 25 May 2016