Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic who was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.
Ste-Marie served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader (and its parliamentary leader as the party leader did not have a seat in parliament) from 2017 until he resigned from the position on February 25, 2018 in a dispute with party leader Martine Ouellet.[1] He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet.[2] He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.[3]
He is also a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal.[4]
Since 2021 he has served as the critic of finance and the treasury board in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[5]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Joliette | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 30,913 | 55.0 | -3.2 | $20,415.99 | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,731 | 22.7 | +0.2 | $14,000.77 | |||
| Conservative | Roger Materne | 5,314 | 9.5 | +0.5 | $2,412.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Alexis Beaudet | 3,100 | 5.5 | +0.9 | $59.42 | |||
| People's | Maxime Leclerc | 1,771 | 3.2 | +2.3 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Érica Poirier | 1,126 | 2.0 | -2.1 | $80.52 | |||
| Free | Manon Coutu | 992 | 1.8 | N/A | $2,900.09 | |||
| Marijuana | Yanick Théoret | 251 | 0.4 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,198 | 97.7 | – | $120,469.50 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,332 | 2.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,530 | 62.3 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 92,281 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -1.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Joliette | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 33,590 | 58.22 | +24.92 | $25,277.75 | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,995 | 22.52 | -5.70 | $33,054.52 | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Martin Masse | 5,176 | 8.97 | -1.09 | $15,856.88 | |||
| New Democratic | Julienne Soumaoro | 2,623 | 4.55 | -21.14 | none listed | |||
| Green | Érica Poirier | 2,343 | 4.06 | +1.71 | $752.47 | |||
| People's | Sylvain Prescott | 498 | 0.86 | – | $932.68 | |||
| Indépendence du Québec | Paul Savard | 474 | 0.82 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,699 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,203 | 1.35 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 58,902 | 66.31 | -0.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 88,831 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +15.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 18,875 | 33.3 | +0.29 | – | |||
| Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 15,995 | 28.2 | +21.81 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Danielle Landreville | 14,566 | 25.7 | -21.22 | – | |||
| Conservative | Soheil Eid | 5,705 | 10.1 | +0.41 | – | |||
| Green | Mathieu Morin | 1,335 | 2.4 | -1.59 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Robert D. Morais | 213 | 0.4 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,689 | 100.0 | $232,599.74 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | 1.20 | -0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,798 | 67.22 | +3.7 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,981 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +10.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "'Differences' with Martine Ouellet led Bloc MP to resign as house leader".
- ^ Allard, Clement (28 February 2018). "Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "5 Bloc Québécois MPs who quit party returning to the fold". CBC News. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "" C'est maintenant que le vrai travail commence " - Gabriel Ste-Marie" (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Lévesque, Catherine (5 October 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Joliette". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Joliette, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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