Jean D'Amour
| Jean D'Amour | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata formerly Rivière-du-Loup (2009–2012) | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Dumont |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1963 Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Maryse Bourgoin |
Jean D'Amour (born 9 September 1963) is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata in the National Assembly of Quebec. He won the riding in a by-election on 22 June 2009, and previously served as mayor of Rivière-du-Loup from 1999 to 2007.[1]
He was previously president of the Quebec Liberal Party,[1] and was also the party's candidate in Rivière-du-Loup for the 1994 and 2007 provincial elections.
He faced some controversy during the campaign, as he was arrested for impaired driving on 24 September 2008, and pled guilty on 19 December. His driver's license was suspended for one year.[2] He has also faced allegations that he violated provincial ethics laws by lobbying the municipal government of Rivière-du-Loup less than two years after leaving office.[3] Premier Jean Charest stood behind D'Amour, however, crediting him with being honest and forthcoming with the voters about his mistakes.[4]
D'Amour defeated the Parti Québécois candidate, former federal Member of Parliament Paul Crête, in the by-election. Crête had been considered the likely winner at the start of the by-election campaign, but was hurt by PQ leader Pauline Marois' public statements that she planned to create a favourable climate for Quebec sovereignty by intentionally seeking to inflame political tensions between Quebec and English Canada.[5]
He resigned the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent on 10 November 2009, following revelations that he was under investigation for allegedly accepting an envelope of money from a developer on behalf of Michel Morin, his successor as mayor of Rivière-du-Loup.[6] An investigation by the province's chief electoral officer cleared him of wrongdoing, and he was subsequently readmitted to the Liberal caucus on 24 December.[7]
Electoral record
| Quebec general election, 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 18,086 | 51.69 | +10.78 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Michel Lagacé | 8,378 | 23.95 | -10.42 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Charles Roy | 5,794 | 16.56 | -2.00 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Louis Gagnon | 2,129 | 6.09 | +3.11 | ||||
| Parti des sans Parti | Frank Malenfant | 354 | 1.01 | +0.65* | ||||
| Option nationale | Étienne Massé | 245 | 0.70 | -0.39 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,986 | 98.61 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 494 | 1.39 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 35,480 | 70.00 | -4.56 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 50,688 | – | – | |||||
| Quebec general election, 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 15,317 | 40.91 | -4.12 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Michel Lagacé | 12,870 | 34.37 | -2.03 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Gaétan Lavoie | 6,949 | 18.56 | +2.59 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Stacy Larouche | 1,116 | 2.98 | +1.93 | ||||
| Green | Nadia Pelletier | 647 | 1.73 | +0.74 | ||||
| Option nationale | Jonathan St-Pierre | 410 | 1.09 | – | ||||
| Coalition pour la constituante | Sylvain Potvin | 135 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,444 | 98.86 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 430 | 1.14 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 37,874 | 74.56 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 50,795 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.04 | ||||||
| Quebec provincial by-election, June 22, 2009: Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 9,959 | 47.49 | +20.50 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Paul Crête | 7,514 | 35.83 | +21.63 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Gilberte Côté | 3,089 | 14.73 | -37.04 | ||||
| Green | Martin Poirier | 151 | 0.72 | -1.67 | ||||
| Independent | Victor-Lévy Beaulieu | 93 | 0.44 | -2.34 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Benoît Renaud | 89 | 0.42 | -1.44 | ||||
| Finance Reform | Denis Couture | 40 | 0.19 | – | ||||
| Parti indépendantiste | Éric Tremblay | 37 | 0.18 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,972 | 99.44 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 119 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,091 | 61.64 | -2.34 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,219 | |||||||
| Called upon the resignation of Mario Dumont. | ||||||||
| Quebec general election, 2007 Rivière-du-Loup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 15,276 | 58.47 | +1.24 | |
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 7,390 | 28.29 | +4.53 | |
| Parti Québécois | Hugues Belzile | 2,821 | 10.80 | -6.88 | |
| Green | Martin Poirier | 639 | 2.45 | +1.12 | |
| Quebec general election, 1994 Rivière-du-Loup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 13,307 | 54.77 | - | |
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 6,608 | 27.20 | -14.85 | |
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 4,226 | 17.39 | -37.09 | |
| Independent | L. Richard Cimon | 99 | 0.41 | - | |
| Natural Law | Armand Pouliot | 55 | 0.23 | - | |
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Authier, "Liberal Party chief's absence upstages Charest's speech". The Gazette, 23 May 2009.
- ↑ (French) "Jean D'Amour coupable de conduite avec facultés affaiblies". radiocanada.ca, 5 March 2009.
- ↑ Don Macpherson, "About time: Charest has finally called by-elections to fill the seats vacated by Dumont and Jérôme-Forget". The Gazette, 21 May 2009.
- ↑ CJAD, 19 June 2009.
- ↑ Chantal Hébert, "PQ plan to anger us hints at desperation". Toronto Star, 22 June 2009.
- ↑ "Jean D'Amour leaves Liberal caucus". The Gazette, 10 November 2009.
- ↑ Jean d'Amour rejoins Quebec Liberal caucus. cbc.ca, 24 December 2009.