Marcel Lussier
| Marcel Lussier | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Brossard—La Prairie | |
| In office 2006 – 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Saada |
| Succeeded by | Alexandra Mendès |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 30, 1944 Saint-Damase, Quebec |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence | Brossard, Quebec |
| Profession | engineer |
Marcel Lussier (born June 30, 1944 in Saint-Damase, Quebec) is a Canadian politician and the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brossard—La Prairie.
Lussier was an unsuccessful candidate for the Parti Québécois in La Pinière in the 2003 Quebec election. He ran for office as a member of the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 federal election, but was defeated by Jacques Saada. In the 2006 election he ran again, defeating Saada by approximately two per cent of the vote.[1] He served as the party's critic for Environment.
Prior to being elected, he had worked as an engineer. In 1968 he earned a Master of Science degree in health engineering from École Polytechnique, and then went on to earn a bachelor's degree in applied science for civil engineering in 1970 from Université de Sherbrooke. He worked at Hydro-Québec for 22 years as an environmental engineering specialist.
He was initially declared re-elected in the 2008 election, but a judicial recount later declared that he had been defeated by Alexandra Mendès of the Liberals.[2] In the 2011 election he lost again, to Hoang Mai of the NDP.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Brossard—La Prairie | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| New Democratic Party | Hoang Mai | 25,512 | 41.02 | +28.31 | ||
| Liberal | Alexandra Mendès (incumbent) | 16,976 | 27.30 | -5.29 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier | 10,890 | 17.51 | -14.96 | ||
| Conservative | Maurice Brossard | 7,806 | 12.55 | -6.32 | ||
| Green | Kevin Murphy | 900 | 1.45 | -1.65 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 110 | 0.18 | -0.09 | ||
| Total valid votes | 62,194 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 569 | |||||
| Turnout | 62,763 | |||||
| Source: Official Results, Elections Canada. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008: Brossard—La Prairie | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Alexandra Mendès | 19,103 | 32.59 | -2.42 | $36,025 | |
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier | 19,034 | 32.47 | -4.70 | $55,711 | |
| Conservative | Maurice Brossard | 11,062 | 18.87 | +1.96 | $66,126 | |
| New Democratic Party | Hoang Mai | 7,452 | 12.71 | +5.25 | $5,453 | |
| Green | Sonia Ziadé | 1,816 | 3.10 | -0.17 | $1,057 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 157 | 0.27 | +0.08 | none listed | |
| Total valid votes | 58,624 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 563 | |||||
| Turnout | 59,187 | 64.57 | -2.49 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 91,662 | |||||
| 'Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures refer to totals submitted by the candidate and are presented when the reviewed totals are not available. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006: Brossard—La Prairie | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier | 21,433 | 37.17 | $38,970 | ||
| Liberal | Jacques Saada | 20,190 | 35.01 | – | $67,491 | |
| Conservative | Tenzin D. Khangsar | 9,749 | 16.91 | $9,901 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Robert Nicolas | 4,301 | 7.46 | $1,510 | ||
| Green | François Desgroseilliers | 1,883 | 3.27 | – | $351 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 110 | 0.19 | none listed | ||
| Total valid votes | 57,666 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 545 | |||||
| Turnout | 58,211 | 67.06 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 86,808 | |||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures refer to totals submitted by the candidate and are presented when the reviewed totals are not available. | ||||||