Pierre Nantel
Pierre Nantel MP (born June 10, 1963) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada. First elected in the 2011 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he succeeded Jean Dorion of the Bloc Québécois in the district of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher;[1] in the 2015 election, he was reelected in the redistributed riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert.
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| Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Denis Trudel |
| Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – September 11, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Dorion |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 10, 1963 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec |
| Political party | Parti Québécois (2021-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Green (2019–?) Independent (2019) New Democratic (2011–2019) |
| Residence(s) | Longueuil, Quebec |
| Profession | Artistic director, researcher, commentator |
Prior to being elected, Nantel was a researcher and television commentator, including a stint at Radio-Canada television.[2]
On August 16, 2019, the NDP dropped Nantel from its caucus, and as a candidate in the upcoming 2019 Canadian federal election, following revelations that he had been in private talks to run for another political party in the 2019 federal election.[3] Although Nantel had previously been speculated as potentially joining the Bloc Québécois,[4] the reports that sparked his removal from the NDP caucus indicated that he was in talks with the Green Party of Canada.[3] On August 19, 2019, it was announced that Nantel would sit as an independent MP for the rest of his term and would be running under the Green Party banner in the 2019 federal election.[5][6][7] He was defeated in the election, placing third behind the Bloc Québécois and Liberal candidates.[8]
Despite having previously run for federalist parties, he announced in 2021 that he would be the Parti Québécois candidate in the then-upcoming by-election in Marie-Victorin.[9] He lost to CAQ candidate Shirley Dorismond on April 11, 2022.[10]
Electoral record
| Quebec provincial by-election, April 11, 2022: Marie-Victorin Resignation of Catherine Fournier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Shirley Dorismond | 5,697 | 34.95 | +6.56 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Pierre Nantel | 4,902 | 30.07 | -0.74 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Shophika Vaithyanathasarma | 2,316 | 14.21 | -7.46 | ||||
| Conservative | Anne Casabonne | 1,696 | 10.40 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Émilie Nollet | 1,130 | 6.93 | -8.28 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Martine Ouellet | 310 | 1.90 | – | ||||
| Green | Alex Tyrrell | 142 | 0.87 | -1.28 | ||||
| Accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 42 | 0.26 | – | ||||
| Indépendance du Québec | Michel Blondin | 21 | 0.13 | – | ||||
| Union Nationale | Michel Lebrun | 17 | 0.10 | – | ||||
| Independent | Philippe Tessier | 17 | 0.10 | – | ||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Florent Portron | 11 | 0.07 | -0.09 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,301 | 98.86 | +0.70 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | 1.14 | -0.70 | |||||
| Turnout | 16,489 | 36.13 | -26.78 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 45,636 | – | ||||||
| Source: Élections Québec[11][12] | ||||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +3.65 | ||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 23,061 | 38.5 | +11.23 | $46,039.85 | |||
| Liberal | Réjean Hébert | 20,471 | 34.2 | +4.19 | $77,307.46 | |||
| Green | Pierre Nantel | 6,745 | 11.3 | +8.81 | $16,474.78 | |||
| New Democratic | Éric Ferland | 5,104 | 8.5 | –22.72 | $11,119.46 | |||
| Conservative | Patrick Clune | 3,779 | 6.3 | –2.44 | none listed | |||
| People's | Ellen Comeau | 467 | 0.8 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Pierre-Luc Fillon | 217 | 0.4 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,844 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,086 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,930 | 69.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,113 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +3.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre Nantel | 18,171 | 31.22 | -18.79 | – | |||
| Liberal | Mick O'Grady | 17,468 | 30.01 | +19.92 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 15,873 | 27.27 | -1.52 | – | |||
| Conservative | John Sedlak | 5,087 | 8.74 | +0.00 | – | |||
| Green | Casandra Poitras | 1,447 | 2.49 | +0.29 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Affine Lwalalika | 153 | 0.26 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,199 | 100.00 | $224,513.21 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 939 | 1.59 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 85,766 | 68.95 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,766 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | -19.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre Nantel | 27,119 | 51.93 | +37.9 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean Dorion | 14,181 | 27.16 | -18.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Kévan Falsafi | 5,321 | 10.19 | -11.6 | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Bélisle | 4,339 | 8.31 | -6.1 | ||||
| Green | Valérie St-Amant | 1,032 | 1.98 | -1.5 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Patenaude | 228 | 0.44 | +0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,220 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 650 | 1.23 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 52,870 | 67.24 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,629 | – | – | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +28.4 | ||||||
References
- Fidelman, Charlie (3 May 2011), "South Shore: A sea of NDP orange washes Bloc away", Montreal Gazette, retrieved 3 May 2011.
- "Rebranding of ICI Radio Canada is criticized". The New York Times. 10 June 2013.
- "NDP dumps Quebec MP Pierre Nantel over talks with another party". Toronto Star, August 16, 2019.
- "Le NPD montre la porte à Pierre Nantel, en pourparlers avec le Parti vert". Ici Radio-Canada, August 16, 2019.
- Wherry, Aaron (16 August 2019). "Elizabeth May says she has been in talks with ejected NDP MP for 'some considerable time'". CBC News. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- August 19, Presse Canadienne Updated (19 August 2019). "Ousted from the NDP, Longueuil MP Nantel to run for the Green Party | Montreal Gazette". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- CBC News (19 August 2019). "May confirms ex-New Democrat Pierre Nantel is running as a Green candidate". CBC News. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "Denis Trudel l'emporte dans Longueuil-Saint-Hubert". Le Courrier du Sud (in French). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- "Former federal MP Pierre Nantel is the Parti Quebecois candidate in hotly sought after riding". Longueuil: CTV Montreal. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Coalition Avenir Québec's Shirley Dorismond wins Marie-Victorin byelection - Montreal | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- "Electoral division information sheet - Élections Québec". Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Results of the by-election in the Marie-Victorin electoral division - Élections Québec". 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates