Electoral history of Jean Charest

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Jean Charest is a former Canadian politician that served in various elected offices in both the federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Quebec. Starting his career in federal politics, Charest sought public office for the first time in the 1984 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. After 15 years in federal politics, which included a period as leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives from 1993 to 1998, Charest entered provincial politics and became the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party in 1998. He would then serve as the premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012.

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Throughout his career, Charest has run in 9 constituency level elections, led a political party in 6 general election campaigns, and sought the leadership of a political party on 4 occasions.

Overview

Electoral history of Jean Charest — Legislative general elections
YearTypePartyVotesSeatsPosition
Total%±%Total±
1997 Federal Progressive Conservative 2,446,70518.84%+2.80+18Fifth party
1998 Provincial Liberal 1,771,85843.55%-0.85+1Official Opposition
2003 1,755,86345.99%+2.44+28Majority
2007 1,313,66433.08%-12.91-28Minority
2008 1,366,04642.08%+9.00+18Majority
2012 1,360,96831.20%-10.88-16Official Opposition
Electoral history of Jean Charest — Constituency elections
YearTypeRidingPartyVotes for CharestResult Swing
Total%P.±%
1984 Federal Sherbrooke Progressive Conservative 22,23251.5%1st+42.2ElectedGain
1988 34,53863.3%1st+11.8ElectedHold
1993 29,74052.3%1st-11.0ElectedHold
1997 32,22859.5%1st+7.2ElectedHold
1998 Provincial Sherbrooke Liberal 15,09347.41%1st+4.6ElectedGain
2003 16,40346.95%1st-0.5ElectedHold
2007 13,13636.56%1st-10.4ElectedHold
2008 13,69445.24%1st+8.7ElectedHold
2012 113,26735.13%2nd-10.1LostGain
    Electoral history of Jean Charest — Political party leadership elections
    YearPartyVotes%Pts%P.Result
    1993 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,369 (1st)
    1,630 (2nd)    		39.5% (1st)
    47.3% (2nd)    		Point system
    not used    		2ndLost
    1995 1,18796.04%1stWon
    1998 Quebec Liberal Party Acclaimed1stWon
    2022 Conservative Party of Canada 48,65011.65%5,421.6216.07%2ndLost

    General elections

    Federal election, 1997

    Canadian federal election, 1997 – Results summary
    PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
    Liberal Jean Chrétien 115538.5%
    Reform Preston Manning 26019.4%
    Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 34410.7%
    New Democratic Alexa McDonough 2111.1%
    Progressive Conservative Jean Charest 2018.8%
    Independent –10.5%
    Total30199.0%4
    Sources: Library of Parliament [1]

    1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
    2 Leader of a third party when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election.
    3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; leader of a third party after the election.
    4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

    Quebec general election, 1998

    Quebec general election, 1998 – Results summary
    PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
    Parti Québécois Lucien Bouchard 17642.87%
    Liberal Jean Charest 24843.55%
    Action démocratique Mario Dumont 111.81%
    Total12598.23%3

    1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election.
    2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
    3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

    Quebec general election, 2003

    Quebec general election, 2003 – Results summary
    PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
    Liberal Jean Charest 17645.99%
    Parti Québécois Bernard Landry 24533.24%
    Action démocratique Mario Dumont 418.18%
    Total12597.41%3

    1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Premier after election.
    2 Premier when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
    3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

    Quebec general election, 2007

    Quebec general election, 2007 – Results summary
    PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
    Liberal Jean Charest 14833.08%
    Action démocratique Mario Dumont 24130.84%
    Parti Québécois André Boisclair 33628.35%
    Total12592.27%4

    1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election.
    2 Third party leader when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
    3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Third party leader after election.
    4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

    Quebec general election, 2008

    Quebec general election, 2008 – Results summary
    PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
    Liberal Jean Charest 16642.08%
    Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 25135.17%
    Action démocratique Mario Dumont 3716.37%
    Québec solidaire Françoise David
    Amir Khadir     		13.78%
    Total12597.40%4

    1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election.
    2 Third party leader when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
    3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Third party leader after election.
    4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

    Quebec general election, 2012

    Quebec general election, 2012 – Results summary
    PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
    Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 15431.95%
    Liberal Jean Charest 25031.20%
    Coalition Avenir Québec François Legault 1927.05%
    Québec solidaire Françoise David
    Amir Khadir     		26.03%
    Total12596.23%3

    1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Premier after election.
    2 Premier when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
    3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

    Constituency elections

    Federal election, 1984: Sherbrooke

    1984 Canadian federal election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Jean Charest 22,23251.5%+42.2%
    Liberal Irénée Pelletier 14,60733.8%-38.0%
    New Democratic Daniel Berthold4,2309.8%-0.2%
    Rhinoceros Gilbert Peupa Ash1,0542.4%-1.3%
    Parti nationaliste Lorraine Déry6871.6%
    Social Credit Fernand Bourret1970.5%-3.7%
    Communist Yves Lawler920.2%–
    Commonwealth of Canada Françoise Chanteau720.2%
    Total valid votes43,171100.0%

    Federal election, 1988: Sherbrooke

    1988 Canadian federal election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Jean Charest 34,53863.3%+11.8%
    Liberal Dennis Wood12,31422.6%-11.2%
    New Democratic Alain Poirier6,37311.7%+1.9%
    Rhinoceros Bébé Sept Heures Pierre Granger1,0401.9%-0.5%
    Independent Normand Guy1480.3%
    Communist Yves Lawler1430.3%+0.1%
    Total valid votes54,556100.0%

    Federal election, 1993: Sherbrooke

    1993 Canadian federal election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Jean Charest 29,74052.3%−11.0%
    Bloc Québécois Guy Boutin21,55937.9%
    Liberal Jean Paul Pelletier4,4627.9%-14.7%
    Natural Law Serge Trépanier5160.9%
    New Democratic Martine Caouette4450.8%−10.9%
    Abolitionist Jean-Guy Trépanier910.2%
    Total valid votes56,813100.0%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing –

    Federal election, 1997: Sherbrooke

    1997 Canadian federal election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Jean Charest 32,22859.5%+7.2%
    Bloc Québécois Jacques Blanchette16,08629.7%-8.2%
    Liberal Martin Bureau4,7208.7%+0.8%
    New Democratic Tom Vouloumanos6281.2%+0.4%
    Natural Law Christian Simard4770.9%0.0%
    Total valid votes54,139100.0%–
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.7

    Quebec general election, 1998: Sherbrooke

    1998 Quebec general election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Jean Charest 15,09347.41+4.56
    Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy14,18644.56-2.75
    Action démocratique Patrick C. Rouillard2,1716.82-1.41
    Independent Normand Gilbert1690.53–
    Bloc Pot Christian Meunier1660.52–
    Natural Law Christian Simard530.17-0.88
    Total valid votes31,838––
    Liberal gain from Parti Québécois Swing +3.66

    Quebec general election, 2003: Sherbrooke

    2003 Quebec general election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Jean Charest 16,40346.95-0.46
    Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy 13,80639.52-5.04
    Action démocratique Peter Downey4,16911.93+5.11
    UFP Normand Gilbert4961.42+0.89
    People's FrontSerge Lachapelle640.18–
    Total valid votes34,938––
    Liberal hold Swing +2.29

    Quebec general election, 2007: Sherbrooke

    2007 Quebec general election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Jean Charest 13,13636.56-10.39
    Parti Québécois Claude Forgues11,80432.85-6.67
    Action démocratique Michel Dumont6,40917.84+5.91
    Québec solidaire Christian Bibeau2,2636.30+4.88*
    Green Steve Dubois2,2036.13–
    Independent Hubert Richard1150.32–
    Total valid votes35,93099.13–
    Total rejected ballots3168.87–
    Turnout36,24674.23+0.74
    Electors on the lists48,831––
    Liberal hold Swing -1.86

    Quebec general election, 2008: Sherbrooke

    2008 Quebec general election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Jean Charest 13,69445.24+8.68
    Parti Québécois Laurent-Paul Maheux11,38037.59+4.74
    Action démocratique Jacques Joly2,0746.85-10.99
    Québec solidaire Christian Bibeau1,9486.44+0.14
    Green Steve Dubois1,0163.36-2.77
    Independent Hubert Richard1580.52+0.20
    Total valid votes30,27098.68–
    Total rejected ballots4051.32–
    Turnout30,67562.61-11.62
    Electors on the lists48,995––
    Liberal hold Swing +1.97

    Quebec general election, 2012: Sherbrooke

    2012 Quebec general election : Sherbrooke
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Parti Québécois Serge Cardin 15,90942.12+4.53
    Liberal Jean Charest 13,26735.13-10.11
    Coalition Avenir Québec Philippe Girard4,45711.80+4.95*
    Québec solidaire Christian Bibeau2,5866.85+0.41
    Option nationale Évelyne Beaudin 1,0692.83–
    Green Suzanne Richer4071.08-2.28
    Parti indépendantiste Christian Clavet730.19–
    Total valid votes37,76899.10–
    Total rejected ballots3440.90–
    Turnout38,11278.10+15.49
    Electors on the lists48,799––
    Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +7.32
    * Result compared to Action démocratique

    Party leadership elections

    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 1993

    Delegate support by ballot [2]
    Candidate1st ballot2nd ballot
    Votes cast%Votes cast%
    Prime Minister Kim Campbell of Canada (42-WHPO-P05407-13-1) (cropped).jpg Kim Campbell 1,66448.0%1,81752.7%
    Jean Charest.jpg Jean Charest 1,36939.5%1,63047.3%
    Jim Edwards 3078.8%Endorsed Campbell
    Garth Turner (cropped).jpg Garth Turner 762.2%Withdrew; Did not endorse
    Patrick Boyer 531.5%Endorsed Charest
    Total3,469100.0%3,447100.0%
    First round
    Campbell
     
    		47.97%
    Charest
     
    		39.46%
    Edwards
     
    		8.85%
    Turner
     
    		2.19%
    Boyer
     
    		1.53%
    Final round
    Campbell
     
    		52.71%
    Charest
     
    		47.29%

    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 1995

    Following the resignation of Kim Campbell, Jean Charest was appointed as the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party on December 14, 1993. On April 29, 1995, a vote was held to confirm Charest as the permanent party leader.

    Vote to ratify Jean Charest as leader
    CandidateYesNo
    Delegate Count%Delegate Count%
    Jean Charest.jpg Jean Charest 1,18796.04%493.96%
    Total1,236

    Quebec Liberal leadership election, 1998

    Jean Charest was acclaimed as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party on April 30, 1998.

    Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2022

    Conservative Leadership Election, September 10, 2022
    First and only ballot
    CandidateVotes castPoints won
    Pierre Poilievre in 2023 (edited).jpg Pierre Poilievre 295,2850.70%22,993.4268.15%
    Agriculture Secretary Perdue Visit to Canada 20170605-OSEC-RV-0003 (34337316314) (cropped).jpg Jean Charest 48,65011.65%5,421.6216.07%
    Leslyn Lewis Headshot 2020 (cropped2).jpg Leslyn Lewis 46,37411.10%3,269.549.69%
    Roman Baber mic pic (cropped).jpg Roman Baber 22,3815.36%1,696.765.03%
    Total412,69098.81%33,737.9998.94%
    Sources: Conservative Party of Canada [3]

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "History of Federal Ridings since 1867". Library of Parliament .
    2. ↑ "1993 Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention". CPAC. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
    3. ↑ "Riding by riding results" (PDF). cpcleadership.ca. September 10, 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
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