Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic who was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.
Gabriel Ste-Marie | |
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 Ste-Marie's official parliamentary photo | |
| Member of Parliament for Joliette | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Francine Raynault |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations | Québec debout (2018) |
| Residence(s) | Joliette, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | Economist, Teacher |
Ste-Marie served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader (and its parliamentary leader as the party leader did not have a seat in parliament) from 2017 until he resigned from the position on February 25, 2018 in a dispute with party leader Martine Ouellet.[1] He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet.[2] He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.[3]
He is also a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal.[4]
Since 2021 he has served as the critic of finance and the treasury board in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[5]
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Joliette | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 30,913 | 55.0 | -3.2 | $20,415.99 | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,731 | 22.7 | +0.2 | $14,000.77 | |||
| Conservative | Roger Materne | 5,314 | 9.5 | +0.5 | $2,412.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Alexis Beaudet | 3,100 | 5.5 | +0.9 | $59.42 | |||
| People's | Maxime Leclerc | 1,771 | 3.2 | +2.3 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Érica Poirier | 1,126 | 2.0 | -2.1 | $80.52 | |||
| Free | Manon Coutu | 992 | 1.8 | N/A | $2,900.09 | |||
| Marijuana | Yanick Théoret | 251 | 0.4 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,198 | 97.7 | – | $120,469.50 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,332 | 2.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,530 | 62.3 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 92,281 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -1.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Joliette | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 33,590 | 58.22 | +24.92 | $25,277.75 | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,995 | 22.52 | -5.70 | $33,054.52 | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Martin Masse | 5,176 | 8.97 | -1.09 | $15,856.88 | |||
| New Democratic | Julienne Soumaoro | 2,623 | 4.55 | -21.14 | none listed | |||
| Green | Érica Poirier | 2,343 | 4.06 | +1.71 | $752.47 | |||
| People's | Sylvain Prescott | 498 | 0.86 | – | $932.68 | |||
| Indépendence du Québec | Paul Savard | 474 | 0.82 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,699 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,203 | 1.35 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 58,902 | 66.31 | -0.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 88,831 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +15.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 18,875 | 33.3 | +0.29 | – | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 15,995 | 28.2 | +21.81 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Danielle Landreville | 14,566 | 25.7 | -21.22 | – | |||
| Conservative | Soheil Eid | 5,705 | 10.1 | +0.41 | – | |||
| Green | Mathieu Morin | 1,335 | 2.4 | -1.59 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Robert D. Morais | 213 | 0.4 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,689 | 100.0 | $232,599.74 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | 1.20 | -0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,798 | 67.22 | +3.7 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,981 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +10.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "'Differences' with Martine Ouellet led Bloc MP to resign as house leader".
- ^ Allard, Clement (28 February 2018). "Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "5 Bloc Québécois MPs who quit party returning to the fold". CBC News. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "" C'est maintenant que le vrai travail commence " - Gabriel Ste-Marie" (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Lévesque, Catherine (5 October 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Joliette". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Joliette, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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