François Rebello (born November 25, 1970) is a Canadian politician. Rebello is a former MNA in the province of Quebec. Rebello represented the riding of La Prairie in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election, after an unsuccessful run in 2007. He was elected as a member of the Parti Québécois, but then joined the Coalition Avenir Québec. He was defeated in 2012.
François Rebello | |
|---|---|
| MNA for La Prairie | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Monique Roy Verville |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Le Bouyonnec |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 25, 1970 Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Parti Québécois (2008-2012) Coalition Avenir Québec (2012-present) |
On January 9, 2012, he announced he was joining the Coalition Avenir Québec, citing his admiration for its leader, François Legault. He had stated his loyalty to the Parti Québécois' chief, Pauline Marois, a couple of weeks prior to his defection.[1] He was the CAQ's fifth member of the National Assembly and the third to be a former member of the Parti Québécois.[2] In the 2012 provincial election, Rebello ran for the CAQ in the new electoral district of Sanguinet, but was defeated by Alain Therrien of the Parti Québécois.[3]
Electoral record
edit| 2008 Quebec general election: La Prairie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | François Rebello | 16,382 | 44.83 | |||||
| Liberal | Marc Savard | 13,678 | 37.43 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Monique Roy Verville | 5,178 | 14.17 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Danielle Maire | 760 | 2.08 | |||||
| Independent | Martin McNeil | 392 | 1.07 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 150 | 0.41 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,540 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 584 | |||||||
| Turnout | 37,124 | 63.62 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 58,350 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
| 2007 Quebec general election: La Prairie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Action démocratique | Monique Roy Verville | 14,453 | 33.79 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | François Rebello | 13,168 | 30.79 | |||||
| Liberal | Jean Dubuc | 12,251 | 28.64 | |||||
| Green | Louis Corbeil | 1,605 | 3.75 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Antoine Pich | 818 | 1.91 | |||||
| Bloc Pot | Guy Latour | 238 | 0.56 | |||||
| Independent | Martin McNeil | 179 | 0.42 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 60 | 0.14 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,772 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 442 | |||||||
| Turnout | 43,214 | 77.50 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,758 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "François Rebello passe à la CAQ". Le Devoir (in French). Le Devoir 2002-2012. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Another PQ MNA joins new Coalition Quebec party". CBC News. January 9, 2012.
- ^ "Rebello et Barrette mordent la poussière". 985fm (in French). La Presse Canadienne. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
External links
edit- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
