Richard Campeau (politician)

Richard Campeau MNA
Richard Campeau in 2022
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourget
In office October 1, 2018 – August 28, 2022
Preceded by	Maka Kotto
Succeeded by	Paul St-Pierre Plamondon
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-12) February 12, 1954
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec
Residence(s)	Montreal, Quebec

Richard Campeau (born February 12, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Bourget as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec until the 2022 election, where he was defeated by Parti Québecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election: Camille-Laurin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Paul St-Pierre Plamondon	11,959	41.68	+15.67
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Richard Campeau	9,165	31.94	+4.38
	Liberal	Christina Eyangos	4,724	16.47	-2.41
	Conservative	Christos Karteris	1,869	6.51	–
	Green	Bourama Keita	641	2.23	-0.00
	Climat Québec	Jean-Pierre Émond	241	0.84	–
	Démocratie directe	Grace St-Gelais	49	0.17	–
	Équipe Autonomiste	Charles Mc Nicoll	42	0.15	–
Total valid votes			28,690	91.32	–
Total rejected ballots			2,728	8.68	+6.87
Turnout			31,418	63.45	-1.47
Electors on the lists			49,518	–	–
	Parti Québécois gain from Coalition Avenir Québec		Swing		+5.65

2018 Quebec general election: Bourget
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Richard Campeau	8,870	27.57	+7.93
	Parti Québécois	Maka Kotto	8,370	26.01	-11.77
	Québec solidaire	Marlène Lessard	7,865	24.44	+13.24
	Liberal	Vincent Girard	6,074	18.88	-9.98
	Green	Marieke Hassell-Crépeau	719	2.23	+0.75
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Dany Roy	200	0.62
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	80	0.25	-0.05
Total valid votes			32,178	98.19
Total rejected ballots			594	1.81
Turnout			32,772	64.92
Eligible voters			50,481
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+9.85
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	16,049	50.81	+10.69
	Parti Québécois	Yasmina Chouakri	7,326	23.19	-7.78
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Richard Campeau	5,315	16.83	-2.9
	Québec solidaire	Marlène Lessard	2,448	7.75	+0.48
	Green	Annibal Teclou	303	0.96	–
	Option nationale	Raphaël Couture	147	0.47	-0.79
Total valid votes			31,588	98.58	–
Total rejected ballots			454	1.42	–
Turnout			32,042	73.29	-2.04
Electors on the lists			43,718	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		–

2012 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	12,953	40.12	-10.32
	Parti Québécois	Martine Roux	9,998	30.97	-3.47
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Richard Campeau	6,371	19.73	+11.05
	Québec solidaire	Marlène Lessard	2,347	7.27	+3.63
	Option nationale	Raphaël Couture	407	1.26
	Coalition pour la constituante	Samuel Stohl	113	0.35
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	99	0.31
Total valid votes			32,288	98.64	–
Total rejected ballots			446	1.36	–
Turnout			32,734	75.33
Electors on the lists			43,456	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.43