Joël Arseneau
Joël Arseneau | |
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 Arseneau in 2023 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Germain Chevarie |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Parti Québecois |
Joël Arseneau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Îles-de-la-Madeleine as a member of the Parti Québécois.
Arseneau previously served as mayor of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine from 2005 to 2013.[2] He was removed from office on fraud charges resulting from delayed expense claim payments.[3] Although he was acquitted of the charges on the grounds that the issue was a personal accounting error rather than a deliberate attempt to defraud the municipality, he was barred in 2015 from running for municipal office for five years,[4] leading to some controversy when his selection as a Parti Québécois candidate for the provincial legislature was announced.[5]
Electoral record
Provincial
| 2022 Quebec general election: Îles-de-la-Madeleine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Joël Arseneau | 3,877 | 46.35 | +7.70 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jonathan Lapierre | 3,338 | 39.91 | +30.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Gil Thériault | 606 | 7.25 | –31.21 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Jean-Philippe Déraspe | 450 | 5.38 | –8.17 | ||||
| Conservative | Evan Leblanc | 93 | 1.11 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,364 | 98.96 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 88 | 1.04 | –0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,452 | 75.74 | +3.08 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 11,159 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois hold | Swing | –11.44 | ||||||
| Source: Élections Québec[6] | ||||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Îles-de-la-Madeleine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Joël Arseneau | 2,955 | 38.65 | -1.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Maryse Lapierre | 2,940 | 38.46 | -11.66 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Robert Boudreau-Welsh | 1,036 | 13.55 | +7.52 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Yves Renaud | 714 | 9.34 | +6.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,645 | 98.06 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 151 | 1.94 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,796 | 72.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,729 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.09 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Quebec 2018 election: Final results and winners by riding". CTV Montreal, October 2, 2018.
- ^ "Magdalen mayor says land erosion threatens island links". Edmonton Journal, December 2, 2007.
- ^ "Le maire des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Joël Arseneau, comparaît en cour lundi: Le maire des Îles-de-la-Madeleine en cour". Canadian Press, March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Joël Arseneau devra patienter". Ici Radio-Canada, January 27, 2015.
- ^ "Quebec election: Man barred from municipal posts fit to be MNA, PQ says". Montreal Gazette, September 19, 2018.
- ^ "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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