Dominique Vien

• Université Laval
• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Dominique Vien MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Incumbent
Assumed office September 20, 2021
Occupation	journalist, radio and TV host

Dominique Vien (born February 10, 1967) ^[1] is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007. She was defeated in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action démocratique du Québec, but was then re-elected in the same district in 2008. She was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and was the delegate minister for Health and Social Services, previously the Minister for Government Services.

Born in Lévis, Quebec, Vien studied at Université Laval and received a bachelor's degree in communications in 1992. She also studied at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in training, animation and leadership in 2001. ^[1] From 1992 to 2003, she was a journalist, anchor and host at a radio station in Lac-Etchemin and was a journalist and news anchor at Radio-Canada's CBV-FM in Quebec City from 1999 to 2001.

Vien was elected Member of Parliament for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. ^{[2] [3]}

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election : Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dominique Vien	32,259	51.04	+0.94	$27,017.86
	Bloc Québécois	Marie-Christine Richard	14,670	23.21	+0.32	$15,804.72
	Liberal	Daniel Vaillancourt	10,075	15.94	-0.72	$5,446.69
	New Democratic	Marie-Philippe Gagnon Gauthier	3,183	5.04	-0.02	$0.48
	Free	Raymond Arcand	1,802	2.85	–	$0.00
	Green	Hélène Lefebvre	913	1.44	-1.54	$0.00
	Independent	Chamroeun Khuon	306	0.48	–	$915.04
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,208	–	–	$123,757.24
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				65.62	-3.71
Registered voters			96,317
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.31
Source: Elections Canada [4]

Provincial

v t e 2018 Quebec general election : Bellechasse
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Stéphanie Lachance	16,302	53.85	+20.67
	Liberal	Dominique Vien	8,223	27.16	-22.11
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Comeau	2,272	7.5	+4.81
	Parti Québécois	Benoît Béchard	2,198	7.26	-6.06
	Conservative	Dominique Messner	976	3.22	+2.04
	Bloc Pot	Simon Guay	200	0.66
	Alliance provinciale	Sébastien Roy	103	0.34
Total valid votes			30,274	98.26
Total rejected ballots			535	1.74
Turnout			30,809	70.10
Eligible voters			43,947
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+21.39
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominique Vien	15,843	49.27	+9.41
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Stéphanie Lachance	10,668	33.18	-4.78
	Parti Québécois	Linda Goupil	4,283	13.32	-1.64
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Comeau	378	2.69	-1.87
	Conservative	Patrice Aubin	344	1.18	+0.42
	Option nationale	Mathilde Lefebvre	116	0.36	–
Total valid votes			32,153	99.03	–
Total rejected ballots			316	0.97	–
Turnout			32,469	75.23	-0.89
Electors on the lists			43,158	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.10

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominique Vien	13,119	40.67	-4.52
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christian Lévesque	12,421	38.51	+2.31
	Parti Québécois	Clément Pouliot	4,896	15.18	-0.81
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Comeau	989	3.07	+0.56
	Middle Class	Patrice Aubin	344	1.07	–
	Conservative	Linda Beaudoin	215	0.67	–
	Équipe Autonomiste	Sébastien Ruel	156	0.48	–
	Unité Nationale	Christine Lavoie	115	0.36	–
Total valid votes			32,255	98.80	–
Total rejected ballots			393	1.20	–
Turnout			32,648	76.12	+11.77
Electors on the lists			42,892	–	–

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

2008 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominique Vien	10,530	47.66	+13.31
	Action démocratique	Jean Domingue	7,598	34.39	-14.12
	Parti Québécois	Jerry Beaudoin	3,450	15.61	+2.18
	Québec solidaire	Jean-Nicolas Denis	518	2.34	0.59
Total valid votes			22,096	98.71	–
Total rejected ballots			289	1.29	–
Turnout			22,385	64.35	-12.42
Electors on the lists			34,785	–	–

2007 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Jean Domingue	12,715	48.51	+15.40
	Liberal	Dominique Vien	9,004	34.35	-3.23
	Parti Québécois	Sylvie Vallières	3,521	13.43	-14.14
	Green	Ghislain Gaulin	512	1.95	+0.73
	Québec solidaire	Colin Perreault	460	1.75	+1.23*
Total valid votes			26,212	99.28	–
Total rejected ballots			191	0.72	–
Turnout			26,403	76.77	+0.67
Electors on the lists			34,391	–	–

2003 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dominique Vien	9,658	37.58	-0.84
	Action démocratique	Serge Carbonneau	8,507	33.11	+19.88
	Parti Québécois	Claude Lachance	7,084	27.57	-20.01
	Green	Sylvain Castonguay	314	1.22	–
	UFP	Mario Ouellette	134	0.52	–
Total valid votes			25,697	99.12	–
Total rejected ballots			228	0.88	–
Turnout			25,925	76.00	-3.00
Electors on the lists			34,069	–	–

References

1. "Dominique Vien - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
2. Canada, Elections. "Quebec". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
3. Laplante, Coralie (2021-08-14). "La candidature de Dominique Vien avec le Parti conservateur confirmée". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
4. "Confirmed candidates — Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

External links

• Dominique Vien – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

Political offices
Preceded by Monique Jérôme-Forget	Minister of Government Services 2008–2010	Succeeded by Michelle Courchesne