Bernard Bigras | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | |
| In office 2004–2011 | |
| Preceded by | riding renamed |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Boulerice |
| Member of Parliament for Rosemont—Petite-Patrie | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| Preceded by | riding renamed |
| Succeeded by | riding renamed |
| Member of Parliament for Rosemont | |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Benoit Tremblay |
| Succeeded by | riding renamed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 4,1969 Montreal,Quebec,Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence(s) | Montreal,Quebec,Canada |
| Profession | Economist,political advisor |
Bernard Bigras (born June 4,1969) is a Canadian politician.
Born in Montreal,Quebec,Bigras was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2011,representing the district of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. He is the former caucus chair of the Bloc,and is a former critic of Children and Youth,Cultural Communities,and Citizenship and Immigration and Environment. Bigras is a former economist and political adviser.
| 2011 Canadian federal election : Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Alexandre Boulerice | 27,484 | 51.00 | $34,354 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Bernard Bigras (incumbent) | 17,702 | 32.84 | $75,138 | ||||
| Liberal | Kettly Beauregard | 4,920 | 9.13 | $11,976 | ||||
| Conservative | Sébastien Forté | 2,328 | 4.32 | $5,770 | ||||
| Green | Sameer Muldeen | 899 | 1.67 | none listed | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Jean-Patrick Berthiaume | 417 | 0.77 | $450 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Stéphane Chénier | 140 | 0.26 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 53,890 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 589 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,479 | 66.47 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 81,961 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election : Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Bernard Bigras | 27,260 | 52.00 | $51,364 | ||||
| Liberal | Marjorie Théodore | 9,785 | 18.67 | – | $30,634 | |||
| New Democratic | Alexandre Boulerice | 8,522 | 16.26 | $23,296 | ||||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boulianne | 3,876 | 7.39 | $85,754 | ||||
| Green | Vincent Larochelle | 2,406 | 4.59 | – | $903 | |||
| neorhino.ca | Jean-Patrick Berthiaume | 319 | 0.61 | – | $270 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Stéphane Chénier | 170 | 0.32 | none listed | ||||
| N/A (Communist League) | Michel Dugré | 83 | 0.16 | $690 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 52,421 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 614 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,035 | 64.65 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 82,037 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Italicized expenditure figures refer to totals submitted by the candidates and not reviewed by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Bernard Bigras | 29,336 | 55.99 | -5.81 | $51,157 | |||
| Liberal | Suzanne Harvey | 8,259 | 15.76 | -7.14 | $14,665 | |||
| New Democratic | Chantal Reeves | 6,051 | 11.55 | +3.88 | $9,537 | |||
| Conservative | Michel Sauvé | 4,873 | 9.30 | +6.21 | $16,108 | |||
| Green | Marc-André Gadoury | 3,457 | 6.60 | +2.35 | $3,983 | |||
| Marijuana | Hugô St-Onge | 419 | 0.80 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,395 | 100.00 | $81,617 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 605 | 1.14 | ||||||
| Turnout | 53,000 | 64.02 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Bernard Bigras | 31,224 | 61.80 | +12.67 | $52,350 | |||
| Liberal | Christian Bolduc | 11,572 | 22.90 | -10.93 | $74,577 | |||
| New Democratic | Benoit Beauchamp | 3,876 | 7.67 | +4.68 | $1,271 | |||
| Green | François Chevalier | 2,145 | 4.25 | +1.14 | $913 | |||
| Conservative | Michel Sauvé | 1,561 | 3.09 | -3.99 | $10,508 | |||
| Communist | Kenneth Higham | 145 | 0.29 | -0.20 | $647 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,523 | 100.00 | $81,229 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 847 | 1.65 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,370 | 61.54 | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election : Rosemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Bernard Bigras | 23,313 | 47.03 | −12.05 | $38,703 | |||
| Liberal | Françoise Guidi | 15,952 | 32.18 | +2.06 | $35,564 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Marc Bissonnette | 7,727 | 15.59 | +9.35 | $14,735 | |||
| New Democratic | Fidel Fuentes | 1,637 | 3.30 | +1.15 | $3,285 | |||
| Independent | Vicky Mercier | 494 | 1.00 | $229 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Brunelle | 447 | 0.90 | $34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,570 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,543 | |||||||
| Turnout | 52,113 | 70.85 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 73,551 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. Percentage changes are factored for redistribution. | ||||||||
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