Pierre Breton | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Shefford | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Réjean Genest |
| Succeeded by | Andréanne Larouche |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 3, 1966 Granby, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | Université du Québec à Montréal |
Pierre Breton (born October 3, 1966) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Shefford during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[1] He was defeated in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Breton was born in Granby, Quebec, and attended the Université du Québec à Montréal, earning a degree in business administration. He worked for a number of companies, including Bombardier and Viasystems Canada. From 2003 until his election to Parliament, he was a business partner in the human resources department for the Société des alcools du Québec.[2]
He began his involvement in politics by volunteering on the campaigns of Jean Lapierre, the Liberal MP for Shefford from 1979 to 1993. In 2005, he was elected as an independent to the city council of Granby, and held that position until his election to the House of Commons.[3]
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Shefford | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Andréanne Larouche | 24,997 | 41.9 | +3.3 | $31,772.48 | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Breton | 19,968 | 33.5 | -3.6 | $84,958.35 | |||
| Conservative | Céline Lalancette | 7,234 | 12.1 | -0.2 | $6,814.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Patrick Jasmin | 3,173 | 5.3 | -0.8 | $1,243.21 | |||
| People's | Gerda Scheider | 2,073 | 3.5 | +2.7 | $2,379.78 | |||
| Green | Mathieu Morin | 1,059 | 1.8 | -2.8 | $0.00 | |||
| Free | Joel Lacroix | 599 | 1.0 | N/A | $2,821.90 | |||
| Marijuana | Yannick Brisebois | 284 | 0.5 | N/A | none listed | |||
| Indépendance du Québec | Jean-Philippe Beaudry-Graham | 239 | 0.4 | -0.1 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,626 | 97.7 | – | $121,523.31 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,409 | 2.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 61,035 | 65.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,597 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +3.5 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Shefford | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Andréanne Larouche | 23,503 | 38.58 | +16.36 | $6,576.43 | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Breton | 22,605 | 37.11 | -1.85 | none listed | |||
| Conservative | Nathalie Clermont | 7,495 | 12.30 | -0.47 | $32,903.14 | |||
| New Democratic | Raymonde Plamondon | 3,705 | 6.08 | -17.59 | none listed | |||
| Green | Katherine Turgeon | 2,814 | 4.62 | +2.25 | none listed | |||
| People's | Mariam Sabbagh | 497 | 0.82 | $0.00 | ||||
| Indépendence du Québec | Darlène Daviault | 294 | 0.48 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,913 | 97.89 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,313 | 2.11 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 62,226 | 68.28 | +0.26 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,138 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||