Raphaël Fortin
Raphaël Fortin (born 1980)[1] is leader of the New Democratic Party of Quebec. He was elected at the NDPQ leadership election held on January 21, 2018 defeating former MP Raymond Côté with 62% of the vote to 38% of the vote for his opponent.[1]
Fortin had previously been a candidate for the New Democratic Party in two federal elections running in Verchères—Les Patriotes in 2008 and Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in 2015, losing on both occasions.
He holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal and has worked in the hospitality industry.[1]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Xavier Barsalou-Duval | 17,007 | 28.64 | -5.56 | – | |||
| Liberal | Lucie Gagnon | 16,794 | 28.28 | +18.4 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Raphaël Fortin | 14,454 | 24.34 | -20.5 | – | |||
| Conservative | Clovis Maheux | 6,079 | 10.24 | +1.84 | – | |||
| Green | JiCi Lauzon | 5,056 | 8.51 | +6.4 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0 | $212,667.64 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | – | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,251 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008: Verchères—Les Patriotes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Malo | 27,602 | 50.84 | -6.59 | $39,478 | |||
| Liberal | François Fournier | 8,871 | 16.34 | +7.61 | $6,204 | |||
| New Democratic | Raphaël Fortin | 8,388 | 15.45 | +7.30 | $7,738 | |||
| Conservative | Benoît Dussault | 7,742 | 14.26 | -7.53 | $32,535 | |||
| Green | Annie Morel | 1,679 | 3.09 | -0.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,282 | 100.00 | $82,267 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 766 | 1.39 | 0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,048 | 71.87 | -0.26 | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 "Provincial NDP elects Raphaël Fortin to lead party into fall election". CBC News. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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