Nathalie Rochefort

Nathalie Rochefort
MNA for Mercier
In office
2001–2003
Preceded by Robert Perreault
Succeeded by Daniel Turp
Personal details
Born 1970
Quebec City
Political party Liberal

Nathalie Rochefort is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mercier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2001 to 2003.

A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was elected in a by-election on April 9, 2001, following the resignation of Robert Perreault. She was defeated by Daniel Turp of the Parti Québécois in the 2003 election. She ran again in the 2007 election, but was not re-elected.

Rochefort is also a long-time member of the federal New Democratic Party (the Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada). She endorsed Brian Topp for the leader of the party in 2012.[1]

Electoral record

Provincial
Quebec general election, 2007
Mercier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Daniel Turp 9,426 33.35 -11.91
     Québec solidaire Amir Khadir 8,303 29.38 +11.46
     Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 5,601 19.82 -8.74
GreenSylvain Valiquette 2,398 8.48 -
     Action démocratique Gabriel Tupula Yamba 2,381 8.42 +2.12
     Bloc pot Nicky Tanguay 156 0.55 -1.42
Quebec general election, 2003
Mercier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Daniel Turp 13,334 45.26 +16.64
     Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 8,414 28.56 -6.10
UFPAmir Khadir 5,278 17.92 -
     Action démocratique Vivian Goulder 1,855 6.30 +0.03
     Bloc pot Lyne Rivard 579 1.97 -3.21
Quebec provincial by-election, April 9, 2001: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalNathalie Rochefort 5,953 34.66 +6.24
     Parti Québécois Claudel Toussaint 4,915 28.62 -26.76
     Independent Paul Cliche 4,163 24.24 -
     Action démocratique André Larocque 1,077 6.27 -2.62
Bloc PotPierre Audette 890 5.18 +2.07
     No designation Man Yee Cheung 67 0.39 -
     Independent Charles Robidoux 50 0.29 -
     No designation Michel Prairie 32 0.19 -
     Independent Régent Millette 27 0.16 -
Total valid votes 17,174 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 352
Turnout 17,526 41.09
Electors on the lists 42,651
Federal
Canadian federal election, 1993: Saint-Hubert
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
     Bloc Québécois Pierrette Venne 34,959 56.90 $35,450
LiberalAngéline Fournier 19,615 31.92 – $61,363
     Progressive Conservative Jean Lesage 4,520 7.36 $20,526
     New Democratic Party Nathalie Rochefort 903 1.47 $0
     Natural Law Jean Cerigo 868 1.41 $0
     National Claude Alain 339 0.55 $1,581
     Commonwealth Bruno Lipke 240 0.39 $0
Total valid votes 61,444 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,495
Turnout 63,939 81.54
Electors on the lists 78,418
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The former Quebec Liberal MNA Nathalie Rochefort is supporting Brian Topp", briantopp.ca, March 5, 2012 (archive)

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