Joël Arseneau

Joël Arseneau
MNA
Arseneau in 2023
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byGermain Chevarie
Personal details
Political partyParti Québecois

Joël Arseneau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Îles-de-la-Madeleine as a member of the Parti Québécois.

As of September 8, 2024, he serves as the parliamentary leader of the Parti Québécois and the party's spokesperson on Health, Transport, International Relations and Francophonie, Mental Health, Loneliness, Fisheries and Mariculture, and for the Maritime Strategy.

Arseneau previously served as mayor of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine from 2005 to 2013.[2] He was removed from office on fraud charges resulting from delayed expense claim payments.[3] Although he was acquitted of the charges on the grounds that the issue was a personal accounting error rather than a deliberate attempt to defraud the municipality, he was barred in 2015 from running for municipal office for five years,[4] leading to some controversy when his selection as a Parti Québécois candidate for the provincial legislature was announced.[5]

Electoral record

Provincial

2022 Quebec general election: Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Joël Arseneau 3,877 46.35 +7.70
Coalition Avenir Québec Jonathan Lapierre 3,338 39.91 +30.57
Liberal Gil Thériault 606 7.25 –31.21
Québec solidaire Jean-Philippe Déraspe 450 5.38 –8.17
Conservative Evan Leblanc 93 1.11 New
Total valid votes 8,364 98.96
Total rejected ballots 88 1.04 –0.90
Turnout 8,452 75.74 +3.08
Electors on the lists 11,159
Parti Québécois hold Swing –11.44
Source: Élections Québec[6]
2018 Quebec general election: Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Joël Arseneau 2,955 38.65 -1.48
Liberal Maryse Lapierre 2,940 38.46 -11.66
Québec solidaire Robert Boudreau-Welsh 1,036 13.55 +7.52
Coalition Avenir Québec Yves Renaud 714 9.34 +6.17
Total valid votes 7,645 98.06
Total rejected ballots 151 1.94
Turnout 7,796 72.66
Eligible voters 10,729
Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +5.09
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

References

  1. ^ "Quebec 2018 election: Final results and winners by riding". CTV Montreal, October 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Magdalen mayor says land erosion threatens island links". Edmonton Journal, December 2, 2007.
  3. ^ "Le maire des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Joël Arseneau, comparaît en cour lundi: Le maire des Îles-de-la-Madeleine en cour". Canadian Press, March 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Joël Arseneau devra patienter". Ici Radio-Canada, January 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Quebec election: Man barred from municipal posts fit to be MNA, PQ says". Montreal Gazette, September 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved 19 October 2022.


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