Jean-Marc Lalonde

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Jean-Marc Lalonde
Ontario MPP
In office
1999–2011
Preceded byNew riding
Succeeded by Grant Crack
Constituency Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
In office
1995–1999
Preceded by Jean Poirier
Succeeded byRiding abolished
Constituency Prescott and Russell
Personal details
Born (1935-08-19) August 19, 1935 (age 85)
Prescott and Russell
Political party Liberal
OccupationCivil servant

Jean-Marc Lalonde CM (born August 19, 1935) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2011 who represented the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell. He was mayor of Rockland, Ontario from 1976 to 1991 and was elected as a municipal councillor in 2014.

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Background

Lalonde was born in the county of Prescott and Russell on August 19, 1935. [1] He was employed in the Public Service of Canada from 1956 to 1990. He served for a time as the manager of the Canadian Government Printing Bureau, and was responsible for the establishment and operation of technical training and development for the Canada Communications Group. [1] Outside of public service, Lalonde was a co-owner of the Hull Olympiques ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for several years, and was a director of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976.

Politics

He was mayor of Rockland, Ontario from 1976 to 1991. For eleven years, Lalonde was a director of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, [1] and was also the vice-president of the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario for a time.

Lalonde was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, in the riding of Prescott and Russell in the easternmost section of the province. [2] The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Lalonde joined 29 other Liberals in the official opposition. He was re-elected without difficulty in the new riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in the general election of 1999. [3]

The Liberals won the 2003 election, in which Lalonde defeated his closest opponent by almost 20,000 votes. [4] Lalonde served as the Parliamentary Assistant for the Minister of Health Promotion. Prior to that, he has also worked as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation and Chair of the Small Business Agency of Ontario. [5]

In the 2007 election, Lalonde was re-elected in his riding by a commanding margin over PC candidate Dennis Pommainville. [6]

On April 13, 2011, Lalonde announced that he would not run in the 2011 election.

In 2014, he returned to politics as a municipal councillor in the town of Clarence-Rockland.

After politics

Lalonde was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions in public service and promoting bilingualism services in both English and French in Ontario. [7]

Electoral record

2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean-Marc Lalonde24,52560.5-5.47
Progressive Conservative Denis Pommainville11,01827.2+2.32
Green Karolyne Pickett2,3485.8+2.45
New Democratic Josée Blanchette2,3015.7-0.1
Family Coalition Vicki Gunn3390.8N/A
2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean-Marc Lalonde28,95665.97+10.59
Progressive Conservative Albert Bourdeau10,92124.88-14.26
New Democratic Guy Belle-isle2,5445.8+1.28
Green Louise Pattington1,4713.35
1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean-Marc Lalonde24,56855.38
Progressive Conservative Alain Lalonde17,36439.14
New Democratic Stéphane Landry2,0074.52
Natural Law Mary Glasser4250.96
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jean-Marc Lalonde24,80855.7-9.3%
Progressive Conservative Pierre Leduc13,63730.6+23.5%
New Democratic Yves Deschamps4,47210.0-13.5%
Libertarian Jean-Serge Brisson 6261.4-0.2%
Independent John MacKinnon5641.3
Natural Law Pierrette Blondin4461.0

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References

  1. 1 2 3 O'Handley, Kathryn (2005). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 2005. ISBN   1-4144-0141-8.
  2. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  3. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Premier McGuinty appoints new parliamentary assistants". Ottawa: Canada NewsWire. March 6, 2006. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 5 (xiv). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  7. ↑ "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada . Retrieved December 31, 2015.
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