Alain Giguère

Alain Giguère
Member of Parliament
for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
In office
May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded bySerge Ménard
Succeeded byYves Robillard
Personal details
Born (1958-10-24) October 24, 1958 (age 66)
Lachine, Quebec
Political partyNew Democratic Party
ProfessionTax lawyer

Alain Giguère (born October 24, 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin as a member of the New Democratic Party. In the 2015 election he ran in Thérèse-De Blainville, but lost to Liberal Ramez Ayoub.[2]

Before to being elected, Giguère was a tax lawyer. He has a bachelor's degree in political science, a bachelor's degree in legal science, and a certificate in social justice.

Before finally being elected in 2011, Giguère had run unsuccessfully in seven previous federal elections, in Verdun—Saint-Paul in 1984, in Roberval in 1993, 1997 and 2000, in Laval in 2004 and 2008, and in Laval—Les Îles in 2006, as well as provincially once for the New Democratic Party of Quebec in Saint-Henri in 1985.[3]

In 2012, it was reported that he would give back the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. All serving MPs that year were recipients.[4]

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election: Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Alain Giguère 29,107 49.68 +37.38
Bloc Québécois Marie-France Charbonneau 15,470 26.40 -19.12
Liberal Eduardo Gonzalo Agurto Catalán 7,035 12.01 -12.45
Conservative Johanne Théorêt 5,768 9.85 -3.97
Green Charles Sicotte 1,208 2.06 -1.82
Total valid votes 58,588 98.73 -0.11
Total rejected ballots 751 1.27 +0.11
Turnout 59,339 67.74 +0.33
2008 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nicole Demers 19,085 37.79 -6.6 $68,964
Liberal Alia Haddad 14,190 28.10 +2.5 $19,244
Conservative Jean-Pierre Bélisle 9,101 18.02 -0.6 $73,966
New Democratic Alain Giguère 6,289 12.45 +4.3 $1,831
Green Eric Madelein 1,607 3.18 -0.2
Marxist–Leninist Yvon Breton 221 0.43 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,493 98.50 – $86,875
Total rejected ballots 769 1.50
Turnout 51,262 62.24
2006 Canadian federal election: Laval—Les Îles
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Raymonde Folco 20,849 39.31 -8.55 $53,323
Bloc Québécois Christiane Pichette 17,537 33.07 -4.04 $51,106
Conservative Qais Hamidi 9,055 17.07 +10.09 $24,108
New Democratic Alain Giguère 3,817 7.19 +2.80 $1,122
Green Theodore Kouretas 1,557 2.93 +0.58 $0
Marxist–Leninist Polyvios Tsakanikas 211 0.39 +0.08
Total 53,524 100.00 – $82,901
Total rejected ballots 709 1.31
Turnout 54,133 63.47
2004 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nicole Demers 24,425 50.1 – $61,946
Liberal Pierre Lafleur 17,639 36.2 – $67,777
Conservative Stéphane D'Amours 3,115 6.4 – $12,823
New Democratic Alain Giguère 1,998 4.1 – $221
Green Damien Pichereau 1,091 2.2 –
Marijuana Pierre Losier-Côté 492 1.0 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,760 100.0 – $79,622
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Michel Gauthier 16,928 55.1 +3.0
Liberal Jean-Pierre Boivin 10,680 34.7 +8.5
Alliance Raymond A. Brideau 1,829 5.9
Progressive Conservative Marie-Christine Huot 870 2.8 -17.5
New Democratic Alain Giguère 437 1.4 +0.1
Total valid votes 30,744 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Michel Gauthier 16,207 52.1 -7.6
Liberal Jean-Pierre Boivin 8,176 26.3 +5.9
Progressive Conservative France Tanguay 6,312 20.3 +2.0
New Democratic Alain Giguère 412 1.3 -0.2
Total valid votes 31,107 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Michel Gauthier 18,869 59.7
Liberal Aurélien Gill 6,443 20.4 +8.3
Progressive Conservative Henri-Paul Brassard 5,793 18.3 -58.0
New Democratic Alain Giguère 485 1.5 -8.0
Total valid votes 31,590 100.0
1985 Quebec general election: Saint-Henri
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Roma Hains 14,647
Parti Québécois Francine Lalonde 9,911
New Democratic Alain Giguère 602
Parti indépendantiste Gilles Rheaume 456
Parti humaniste du Québec Roger Gingras 151
Parti du socialisme chrétien Raymond St-Georges 53
1984 Canadian federal election: Verdun—Saint-Paul
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Gilbert Chartrand 17,378
Liberal Pierre Savard 16,431
New Democratic Alain Giguère 3,912
Rhinoceros Philippe Hooligan Coté 1,309
Parti nationaliste Serge Paquette 798
Commonwealth of Canada Steve Boyle 99

See also

References

  1. ^ Election 2011: Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Parliamewnt of Canada – Thérèse-De Blainville".
  3. ^ General elections – 1985, December 2 – Official results for all electoral divisions Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec
  4. ^ "First 60 Canadians set to receive Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal". The Globe and Mail. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2023-06-12.