Sébastien Lemire | |
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Member of Parliament for Abitibi—Témiscamingue | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence(s) | Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec [1] |
Sébastien Lemire MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election. He represents the electoral district of Abitibi—Témiscamingue as a member of the Bloc Québécois. [2]
On 21 April 2021, Lemire admitted to taking a photo of a naked Will Amos on a Zoom call and offered an apology in the House of Commons to that MP. [3]
Political career
Following the 2021 Canadian federal election he was appointed the critic of industry, regional high-speed internet and entrepreneurship in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet. [4]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Abitibi—Témiscamingue | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Lemire | 23,120 | 50.61 | +5.14 | $27,362.09 | |||
| Liberal | William Legault-Lacasse | 11,013 | 24.11 | –0.65 | $12,006.97 | |||
| Conservative | Luis Henry Gonzalez Venegas | 5,339 | 11.69 | –3.34 | $7,297.49 | |||
| New Democratic | Bethany Stewart | 2,794 | 6.12 | –4.03 | $241.69 | |||
| People's | Eric Lacroix | 1,538 | 3.37 | +2.40 | none listed | |||
| Free | Dany Goulet | 858 | 1.88 | N/A | $1,862.60 | |||
| Green | Martin Chartrand | 748 | 1.64 | –1.98 | $0.00 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Joël Lirette | 275 | 0.60 | N/A | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,685 | 100.00 | – | $129,939.01 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 909 | 1.95 | –0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,594 | 56.47 | –5.73 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,518 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +2.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [5] [6] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Abitibi—Témiscamingue | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Lemire | 22,803 | 45.47 | +26.06 | $19,522.42 | |||
| Liberal | Claude Thibault | 12,417 | 24.76 | -4.87 | $61,531.99 | |||
| Conservative | Mario Provencher | 7,537 | 15.03 | +8.14 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Alain Guimond | 5,093 | 10.15 | -31.34 | $14,294.83 | |||
| Green | Aline Bégin | 1,818 | 3.62 | +1.90 | none listed | |||
| People's | Jacques Girard | 487 | 0.97 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,155 | 97.94 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,057 | 2.06 | +0.60 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,212 | 62.20 | +1.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,341 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +28.70 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [7] [8] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Canada election results: Abitibi–Témiscamingue". Globalnews. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Bloc MP apologizes for taking photo of Liberal MP caught naked during video call". Global News. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "Election Night Results — Abitibi—Témiscamingue — Elections Canada". Elections Canada. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates — 44th Canadian Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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