Michel Picard (politician)

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Michel Picard
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Picard in June 2011
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
In office
December 2, 2015 January 27, 2017

Michel Picard (born February 15, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Montarville from 2015 [1] until his defeat in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. During his tenure, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. [2]

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Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election : Montarville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Stéphane Bergeron 25,36642.8+14.38$22,609.89
Liberal Michel Picard 21,06135.6+3.06$55,495.41
New Democratic Djaouida Sellah 4,9848.4-16.28$1,715.58
Conservative Julie Sauvageau4,1387.0-3.85$11,784.17
Green Jean-Charles Pelland2,9675.0+2.6$3,869.64
People's Julie Lavallée5010.8none listed
Rhinoceros Thomas Thibault-Vincent2110.4$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit59,228100
Total rejected ballots742
Turnout59,97077.8%
Eligible voters77,097
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +5.66
Source: Elections Canada [3] [4]
2015 Canadian federal election : Montarville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Michel Picard18,84832.54+20.04
Bloc Québécois Catherine Fournier16,46028.42-0.66
New Democratic Djaouida Sellah 14,29624.68-19.85
Conservative Stéphane Duranleau6,28410.85+1.25
Green Olivier Adam1,3882.40-0.05
Libertarian Claude Leclair6411.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit57,917100.00 $207,758.92
Total rejected ballots8811.50
Turnout58,79877.86
Eligible voters75,521
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic Swing +19.94
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2011 Canadian federal election : Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Djaouida Sellah 24,36144.6+31.1
Bloc Québécois Carole Lavallée 15,38428.2-16.8
Liberal Michel Picard7,42313.6-8.6
Conservative Nicole Charbonneau Barron5,88710.8-4.6
Green Germain Denoncourt1,5232.8-1.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit54,578 100.0
Total rejected ballots780 1.4 0.0
Turnout55,358 67.5-0.2
Eligible voters 82,023

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