François Rebello
| 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, Canada |
| Political party | Parti Québécois (2008-2012) Coalition Avenir Québec (2012-present) |
François Rebello (born November 25, 1970) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent 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 is now part of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
Rebello was born in Montreal. He is a graduate of the Université de Montréal with a bachelor's degree in political sciences, a master's degree in economic sciences. He was from 1994 to 1996 the president of the Quebec Federation of University Students. He also founded the group Force-Jeunesse whose goal is to defend youth issues and causes. From 2000, Rebello worked as an economist and founded Groupe investissement responsable inc. and was a contributor to the monthly magazine Commerce. In 2005, he became the vice-president and later president of the political commission of the PQ.
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
| Quebec general election, 2008: 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. | ||||||
| Quebec general election, 2007: 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
- ↑ (French) "François Rebello passe à la CAQ". Le Devoir (Le Devoir 2002-2012). 9 January 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ "Another PQ MNA joins new Coalition Quebec party". CBC News. January 9, 2012.
- ↑ (French) "Rebello et Barrette mordent la poussière". 985fm (La Presse Canadienne). 4 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.