Marie-Claude Nichols

Marie-Claude Nichols
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Vaudreuil
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 7, 2014
Preceded byYvon Marcoux
Mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
In office
November 1, 2009 – April 7, 2014
Preceded bySerge Roy
Succeeded byDanie Deschênes
Personal details
Born (1973-12-05) December 5, 1973 (age 51)
Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Quebec Liberal (2014–2022) Option Citoyens (2009-2014)
Residence(s)Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Quebec

Marie-Claude Nichols (born December 5, 1973) is a Canadian politician born in Terrebonne, Quebec. Nichols was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Vaudreuil.

She was re-elected in 2018, and 2022. Shortly after being elected as liberal in 2022, she was expelled from caucus by party leader Dominique Anglade on October 27, 2022 for refusing the transport critic role.[2] She announced she would sit as an independent. Prior to her election to the legislature, Nichols was the mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot for 5 years.

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marie-Claude Nichols 13,608 34.22 -5.70
Coalition Avenir Québec Eve Bélec 13,032 32.77 +0.14
Conservative Eve Théoret 4,619 11.62 +9.92
Québec solidaire Cynthia Bilodeau 3,671 9.23 -0.82
Parti Québécois Christopher Massé 3,061 7.70 -2.35
Canadian David Hamelin-Schuilenburg 726 1.83 –
Green Kelley Boileau 496 1.25 -1.45
Bloc Montreal Jaspal Singh Ahluwalia 477 1.20 –
Démocratie directe Paul Lynes 75 0.19 –
Total valid votes 39,765 98.97
Total rejected ballots 415 1.03
Turnout 40,180 65.19 -0.51
Electors on the lists 61,632
Liberal hold Swing –
2018 Quebec general election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marie-Claude Nichols 15,143 39.92 -21.27
Coalition Avenir Québec Claude Bourbonnais 12,378 32.63 +17.01
Parti Québécois Philip Lapalme 3,813 10.05 -5.91
Québec solidaire Igor Erchov 3,811 10.05 +5.41
Green Jason Mossa 1,026 2.70 +1.42
Conservative Ryan Robertson 644 1.70 +1.27
New Democratic Ryan Young 568 1.50
Citoyens au pouvoir Daniel Pilon 343 0.90
Bloc Pot Camille Piché-Jetté 206 0.54
Total valid votes 37,932 98.68
Total rejected ballots 508 1.32 +0.17
Turnout 38,440 65.70 -12.29
Eligible voters 58,504
Liberal hold Swing -19.14
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marie-Claude Nichols 27,750 61.19 +16.12
Parti Québécois Marcos Archambault 7,238 15.96 -4.75
Coalition Avenir Québec Luc Tison 7,084 15.62 -10.00
Québec solidaire David Fortin Côté 2,101 4.63 -0.25
Green Thomas Radcliffe 584 1.29 -1.19
Conservative Michel Paul 196 0.43 –
Parti équitable Julien Leclerc 190 0.42 –
Option nationale Jean-Gabriel Cauchon 115 0.25 -0.78
Mon pays le Québec Léon Dupré 90 0.20 –
Total valid votes 45,348 98.95 –
Total rejected ballots 528 1.15 –
Turnout 45,876 77.99 +1.56
Electors on the lists 58,822 – –

References

  1. ^ "Liberals win clear victories west of Montreal Island". The Gazette, April 8, 2014.
  2. ^ "Le Parti libéral du Québec expulse la députée Marie-Claude Nichols" (in Canadian French). October 27, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.


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