Caroline Desbiens
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Caroline Desbiens | |
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 Caroline Desbiens on stage, France, 2013 | |
| Member of Parliament for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Boucher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence | L'Isle-aux-Coudres[1] |
Caroline Desbiens MP (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔlin debjɛ̃]) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election from Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix as a member of the Bloc Québécois.[2]
Political career
[edit]During the election 2019 election campaign, it was found that in 2013, Desbiens wrote on her Facebook page that the Charter of Quebec Values that was being proposed by the Parti Québécois government of the day should be supported even if it was not perfect. “Our daughters, grand-daughters and great-grand-daughters could have to wear a veil to go to the IGA for fear of going to prison in a few years,” In 2016, she praised far-right French politician Marine Le Pen for having the courage of her convictions on Facebook. “Whether one agrees or not or only partially with what Ms. Le Pen says, we need more people like her”.[3][4] She later apologized about it, expressing deep regrets.[5][6]
Since 2021 she has served as the critic of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[7]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2021 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Caroline Desbiens | 19,270 | 38.44 | +2.09 | $27,050.37 | |||
| Conservative | Véronique Laprise | 15,969 | 31.85 | +2.14 | $25,427.63 | |||
| Liberal | Alexandra Bernier | 10,365 | 20.67 | –0.28 | $7,031.80 | |||
| New Democratic | Frédéric du Verle | 2,242 | 4.47 | –1.14 | $320.79 | |||
| People's | Jennifer Lefrançois | 881 | 1.76 | –0.30 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Frédéric Amyot | 733 | 1.46 | –1.22 | $0.00 | |||
| Free | Chantal Laplante | 449 | 0.90 | – | $409.94 | |||
| Independent | Vicky Lépine | 227 | 0.45 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,136 | 100.00 | – | $115,228.60 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 902 | 1.77 | –0.12 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,038 | 65.64 | –1.69 | |||||
| Registered voters | 77,752 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | –0.03 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Caroline Desbiens | 18,407 | 36.35 | +17.21 | $10,197.29 | |||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boucher | 15,044 | 29.71 | -3.82 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Manon Fortin | 10,608 | 20.95 | -5.94 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Gérard Briand | 2,841 | 5.61 | -12.85 | none listed | |||
| Green | Richard Guertin | 1,355 | 2.68 | +0.98 | $5,913.35 | |||
| No affiliation | Raymond Bernier | 1,335 | 2.64 | – | $5,886.96 | |||
| People's | Jean-Claude Parent | 1,045 | 2.06 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,635 | 98.11 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 976 | 1.89 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,611 | 67.33 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 76,657 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Canada election: Beauport–Côte-de-Beaupré–Île d'Orléans–Charlevoix". Globalnews. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Bloc says up to Quebeckers to judge its candidates' social-media posts".
- ^ "Bloc leader apologizes for candidates' Islamophobic and racist social media posts | CBC News".
- ^ "Caroline Desbiens s'excuse pour ses propos islamophobes".
- ^ "Propos Anti-islam de candidats bloquistes: les excuses suffisent à Blanchet".
- ^ Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "Election Night Results — Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix". Elections Canada. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
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