Benoit Charette
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Deux-Montagnes
Assumed office
April 7, 2014
Preceded byDaniel Goyer
In office
December 8, 2008 – September 4, 2012
Preceded byLucie Leblanc
Succeeded byDaniel Goyer
Personal details
Born (1976-07-19) July 19, 1976 (age 47)
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Political partyParti Québécois (2008-2011)
Independent (2011)
CAQ (2011-present)

Benoit Charette (born July 19, 1976) is a Quebec politician elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes.[1] He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty.[2] On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment. In 2021 he was assigned a new provincial role in combating racism.[3]

A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.

Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections.

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Benoît Charette
Parti Québécois Guillaume Lalonde
Québec solidaire Olivier Côté
Liberal Marc Allaire
Conservative Isabelle Baril
Green Amavi Tagodoe
Climat Québec Hélèna Courteau –
L'Union fait la force Dominique Dubois-Massey –
Total valid votes –
Total rejected ballots –
Turnout
Electors on the lists – –
2018 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Benoit Charette 16,038 47.44 +13.28
Parti Québécois Daniel Goyer 6,464 19.12 -12.85
Québec solidaire Audrey Lesage-Lanthier 4,912 14.53 +7.84
Liberal Fabienne Fatou Diop 4,523 13.38 -12.27
Green Isabelle Dagenais 722 2.14
Conservative Delia Fodor 368 1.09
Citoyens au pouvoir Denis Paré 322 0.95
Parti libre Martin Brulé 253 0.75
Bloc Pot Hans Roker Jr 152 0.45
CINQ Eric Emond 52 0.15
Total valid votes 33,806 98.15
Total rejected ballots 636 1.85
Turnout 34,442 71.10
Eligible voters 48,440
Coalition Avenir Québec hold Swing +13.07
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Benoit Charette 11,868 34.16 -1.09
Parti Québécois Daniel Goyer 11,107 31.97 -6.83
Liberal Luc Leclerc 8,913 25.65 +7.66
Québec solidaire Duncan Hart Cameron 2,326 6.69 +2.6
Parti équitable Alec Ware 297 0.85  
Option nationale Louis-Félix Cauchon 233 0.67 -1.25
Total valid votes 34,744 98.01 –
Total rejected ballots 705 1.99 –
Turnout 35,449 74  
Electors on the lists 47,612 – –
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Daniel Goyer 14,423 38.80 -4.33
Coalition Avenir Québec Benoit Charette 13,102 35.25 +17.25
Liberal Stéphanie Ménard 6,689 17.99 -14.38
Québec solidaire Normand Godon 1,522 4.09 +1.81
Green Princess Brooks 724 1.95 -2.27
Option nationale Wilson Ortiz 712 1.92  
Total valid votes 37,172 98.56 –
Total rejected ballots 545 1.44 –
Turnout 37,717 79.99  
Electors on the lists 47,154 – –
Parti Québécois hold Swing -10.79

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Benoit Charette 11,961 43.14 +10.13
  Liberal Marie-France D'Aoust 8,980 32.39 +8.45
Action démocratique Lucie Leblanc 4,986 17.98 -18.34
Green Guy Rainville 1,168 4.21 -0.03
Québec solidaire Julien Demers 632 2.28 +0.12
Total valid votes 27,727 98.11 –
Total rejected ballots 535 1.89 –


References

  1. ^ "Benoit Charette - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  2. ^ "Fifth PQ member quits over sovereignty debate". thestar.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ^ Nerestant, Antoni. "Premier appoints Benoit Charette, environment minister, to lead fight against racism". cbc.ca. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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