Tarik Brahmi
Tarik Brahmi | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Jean | |
In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Claude Bachand |
Succeeded by | Jean Rioux |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lyon, France | May 19, 1968
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Profession | Engineer, consultant, politician |
Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean from 2011, when he defeated incumbent Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois, until 2015, and sat with New Democratic Party caucus.
Born in Lyon, France with a father from Toudja, Algeria, he graduated from the Université de Montpellier in 1991 with a degree in Microelectronics and Control Engineering. He became interested in environmental causes in 1995, and worked in software development. He immigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006. He was a candidate for the municipal council of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2009.
Prior to being elected to parliament, he worked as a senior interviewer for Statistics Canada. Brahmi did not stand in the 2015 federal election.
Electoral record
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Tarik Brahmi | 24,899 | 47.4% | - | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Claude Bachand | 16,023 | 30.5% | - | ||||
Conservative | Jean Thouin | 5,601 | 10.7% | - | ||||
Liberal | Robert David | 4,643 | 8.8% | - | ||||
Green | Pierre Tremblay | 1,322 | 2.5% | - | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,488 | 100.0% |
Source: Elections Canada