Sylvain Lévesque
Sylvain Lévesque | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chauveau | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Véronyque Tremblay |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Vanier-Les Rivières | |
| In office 4 September 2012 – 5 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Huot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 30, 1973 Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| Residence(s) | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Occupation | Columnist |
Sylvain Lévesque (born November 30, 1973, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian politician, who serves as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec. First elected for the riding of Vanier-Les Rivières in the 2012 election,[2] he was defeated in the 2014 election.[3] He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2018 election, representing the district of Chauveau.[4]
Lévesque was a columnist with Le Journal de Québec publication from 2016 to 2018 where he blogged under the title "spin doctor".[5][6] After being announced as a candidate for Chauveau; the Le Journal de Montreal kept his blog because his positions "can be disputable, his analyzes of political strategies are worth the detour".[7][8]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2022 Quebec general election: Chauveau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sylvain Lévesque | 20,292 | 46.84 | -0.22 | ||||
| Conservative | Éric Duhaime | 13,794 | 31.84 | +23.23 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Jimena Ruiz Aragon | 3,816 | 8.81 | -1.54 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Charles-Hubert Riverin | 3,307 | 7.63 | -1.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Igor Pivovar | 1,651 | 3.81 | -18.66 | ||||
| Parti nul | Renaud Blais | 213 | 0.49 | – | ||||
| Climat Québec | Christine Lepage | 201 | 0.46 | – | ||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Nicolas Bouffard Savoie | 44 | 0.10 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 43,318 | 98.59 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 619 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,937 | 75.68 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 58,059 | |||||||
Source(s)
electionsquebec.qc.ca | ||||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Chauveau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sylvain Lévesque | 18,424 | 47.06 | +13.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Véronyque Tremblay | 8,797 | 22.47 | -18.9 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Francis Lajoie | 4,052 | 10.35 | +6.95 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Jonathan Gagnon | 3,603 | 9.2 | -6.22 | ||||
| Conservative | Adrien D. Pouliot | 3,371 | 8.61 | +3.69 | ||||
| Green | Sabir Isufi | 613 | 1.57 | |||||
| New Democratic | Mona Belleau | 286 | 0.73 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 39,146 | 98.03 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 787 | 1.97 | ||||||
| Turnout | 39,933 | 70.80 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 56,405 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.14 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election: Vanier-Les Rivières | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Patrick Huot | 18,398 | 43.64 | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sylvain Lévesque | 14,535 | 34.48 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Marc Dean | 6,337 | 15.03 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Monique Voisine | 1,920 | 4.55 | |||||
| Conservative | Jean-Alex Martin | 564 | 1.34 | |||||
| Option nationale | Mathieu Fillion | 400 | 0.95 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,154 | 98.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 539 | 1.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 42,693 | 76.00 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 56,404 | – | ||||||
| 2012 Quebec general election: Vanier-Les Rivières | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Sylvain Lévesque | 16,333 | 37.92 | |||||
| Liberal | Patrick Huot | 15,002 | 34.83 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Marc Dean | 8,038 | 18.66 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Monique Voisine | 1,371 | 3.18 | |||||
| Option nationale | Mathieu Filion | 924 | 2.15 | |||||
| Green | Jean-François Morency | 569 | 1.32 | |||||
| Conservative | Daniel Brisson | 362 | 0.84 | |||||
| Independent | Carl Côté | 322 | 0.75 | |||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Jean-François Morency | 146 | 0.34 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,067 | 98.85 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 504 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,570 | 78.67 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,380 | – | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Sylvain Lévesque - National Assembly of Quebec". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Sylvain Lévesque élu dans Vanier-Les Rivières". Québec Hebdo (in French). 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Results of Provincial By-election in Marie-Victorin electoral division".
- ^ "CAQ wins big in Quebec City region". CBC News Montreal, 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Sylvain | Le Journal de Québec".
- ^ "Page 1 | Sylvain | Le Journal de Québec". journaldequebec.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Savard-Tremblay, Simon-Pierre. "Sylvain Lévesque (re)plonge dans l'arène". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Lévesque, Sylvain. "Trudeau a fait de moi un conservateur". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
External links
[edit]- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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