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
- Federal
| Canadian federal election, 1993: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Pierrette Venne | 34,959 | 56.90 | $35,450 | ||||
| Liberal | Angéline Fournier | 19,615 | 31.92 | $61,363 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Lesage | 4,520 | 7.36 | $20,526 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nathalie Rochefort | 903 | 1.47 | $0 | ||||
| Natural Law | Jean Cerigo | 868 | 1.41 | $0 | ||||
| National | Claude Alain | 339 | 0.55 | $1,581 | ||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | 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. | ||||||||
- Provincial
| Quebec provincial by-election, April 9, 2001: Mercier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Nathalie 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 Pot | Pierre 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| UFP | Amir Khadir | 5,278 | 17.92 | - | ||||
| Action démocratique | Vivian Goulder | 1,855 | 6.30 | +0.03 | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Lyne Rivard | 579 | 1.97 | −3.21 | ||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Green | Sylvain 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 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,265 | 99.17 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 237 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,502 | 69.32 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 41,115 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
Notes and references
- ↑ "The former Quebec Liberal MNA Nathalie Rochefort is supporting Brian Topp", briantopp.ca, March 5, 2012 (archive)
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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