Francine Charbonneau

Francine Charbonneau
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Mille-Îles
In office
December 8, 2008 – August 28, 2022
Preceded byMaurice Clermont
Succeeded byVirginie Dufour
Personal details
Born (1962-03-22) March 22, 1962 (age 62)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
SpouseChristian Simard
ResidenceLaval, Quebec
Occupationeducation administrator

Francine Charbonneau (born 22 March 1962) is a Canadian politician. Charbonneau was elected to represent the riding of Mille-Îles in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election, and was then re-elected in 2012 and 2014. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Prior to her election, Charbonneau was the president of the Laval School Board but was first elected to the board as commissioner in 1998 for the Sainte-Rose ward. She was a board member of various Laval associations including the regional development commission, Histoire Laval, the Regional Television and the Club des Petits dejeuners de Laval.

Electoral record

2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Charbonneau 10,408 35.82
Coalition Avenir Québec Mauro Barone 9,202 31.67
Parti Québécois Michel Lachance 4,378 15.07
Québec solidaire Jean Trudelle 3,711 12.77
Green Alain Joseph 822 2.83
Parti libre Dwayne Cappelletti 403 1.39
Bloc Pot Jason D'Aoust 134 0.46
Total valid votes 29,058 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 439
Turnout 66.47%
Eligible voters 44,374
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Charbonneau 16,499 50.50
Parti Québécois Djemila Benhabib 8,339 25.52
Coalition Avenir Québec Sylvain Loranger 5,757 17.62
Québec solidaire Anik Paradis 1,545 4.73 -
Green Bianca Jitaru 348 1.07
Conservative David Mirabella 98 0.30
Option nationale Maël Rieussec 84 0.26
Total valid votes 32,670  
Total rejected ballots 417 1.26%
Turnout 33,087 77.30%  
Electors on the lists 42,804

Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Charbonneau 11,908 37.36 -9.40
Parti Québécois Robert Carrier 10,138 31.81 -4.61
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean Prud'homme 7,420 23.28
Québec solidaire Nicole Bellerose 1,508 4.73 +2.03
Green Henrico Negro 376 1.18 -1.53
Option nationale Alain Sénécal 352 1.10
Independent Régent Millette 121 0.38
Union citoyenne Carlos Silva 52 0.16
Total valid votes  
Total rejected ballots  
Turnout    
Electors on the lists


2008 Quebec general election: Mille-Îles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francine Charbonneau 15,628 46.76 +8.02
Parti Québécois Donato Centomo 12,172 36.42 +9.36
Action démocratique Pierre Tremblay 3,585 10.73 −16.74
Green Maude Delangis 905 2.71 −0.95
Québec solidaire Nicole Bellerose 901 2.70 −0.13
Independent Isabelle Gérin-Lajoie 186 0.56
Independent Régent Millette 44 0.13 −0.10
Total valid votes 33,421 98.46
Rejected and declined votes 523 1.54
Turnout 33,944 60.66 −15.27
Electors on the lists 55,956

Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • Liberal Party biography Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (in French)