Alain Garant
| Alain Garant | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Bellechasse | |
| In office 1980–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Adrien Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Blais |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1952 Montmagny, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal party |
| Profession | accountant |
Alain Garant (born 21 March 1952 in Montmagny, Quebec) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a Chartered Accountant by career.
He won the Bellechasse, Quebec electoral district in the 1980 federal election and served in the 32nd Canadian Parliament. He left national politics after his defeat in that riding in the 1984 election.
Electoral record (partial)
| Canadian federal election, 1980: Bellechasse | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Alain Garant | 20,636 | 51.13 | +7.48 | ||||
| Social Credit | Adrien Lambert | 15,124 | 37.47 | -8.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Deschênes | 2,912 | 7.22 | -0.04 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Andrée Chabot | 815 | 2.02 | +0.72 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Napoléon Goupil | 730 | 1.81 | +0.93 | ||||
| Union Populaire | France Théberge | 141 | 0.35 | -0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,358 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 274 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,632 | 70.86 | -1.31 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 57,339 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980. | ||||||||