Nathalie Rochefort

Nathalie Rochefort
MNA for Mercier
In office
2001–2003
Preceded byRobert Perreault
Succeeded byDaniel Turp
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political partyLiberal
Nathalie Rochefort

Nathalie Rochefort is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mercier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2001 to 2003.

A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was elected in a by-election on April 9, 2001, following the resignation of Robert Perreault. She was defeated by Daniel Turp of the Parti Québécois in the 2003 election. She ran again in the 2007 election, but was not re-elected.

Rochefort is also a long-time member of the federal New Democratic Party (the Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada). She endorsed Brian Topp for the leader of the party in 2012.[1] Rochefort subsequently joined the federal Liberal Party ahead of the 2019 election, and unsuccessfully ran as the party's candidate in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel in 2019 and 2021.[2]

Electoral record

Federal results

2021 Canadian federal election: Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Louis Plamondon 27,403 54.81 -1.85 $65,506.85
Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 8,451 16.90 -0.93 none listed
Conservative Yanick Caisse 8,404 16.81 +0.69 $0.00
New Democratic Catherine Gauvin 2,531 5.06 -0.16 $24.38
People's Eric Pettersen 1,224 2.45 +1.51 $814.69
Free André Blanchette 1,215 2.43 – $635.50
Green David Turcotte 770 1.54 -1.70 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 49,998 – – $110,921.16
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 62.15 -5.15
Registered voters 80,444
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -0.46
Source: Elections Canada[3]
2019 Canadian federal election: Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Louis Plamondon 29,653 56.66 +16.68 $45,011.99
Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 9,332 17.83 -6.43 none listed
Conservative Pierre-André Émond 8,434 16.11 +4.7 none listed
New Democratic Carole Lennard 2,732 5.22 -16.87 $0.10
Green David Turcotte 1,697 3.24 +0.98 $0.00
People's Richard Synnott 489 0.93 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,337 98.05
Total rejected ballots 1,042 1.95 +0.15
Turnout 53,379 67.30 -0.33
Eligible voters 79,314
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +11.56
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
1993 Canadian federal election: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Pierrette Venne 34,959 56.90 $35,450
Liberal Angéline Fournier 19,615 31.92 $61,363
Progressive Conservative Jean Lesage 4,520 7.36 $20,526
New Democratic Nathalie Rochefort 903 1.47 $0
Natural Law Jean Cerigo 868 1.41 $0
National Claude Alain 339 0.55 $1,581
Commonwealth of Canada Bruno Lipke 240 0.39 $0
Total valid votes 61,444 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,495
Turnout 63,939 81.54
Electors on the lists 78,418
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

Provincial results

2007 Quebec general election: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Daniel Turp 9,426 33.35 −11.91
Québec solidaire Amir Khadir 8,303 29.38 +11.46
Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 5,601 19.82 −8.74
Green Sylvain Valiquette 2,398 8.48 –
Action démocratique Gabriel Tupula Yamba 2,381 8.42 +2.12
Bloc Pot Nicky Tanguay 156 0.55 −1.42
Total valid votes 28,265 99.17
Total rejected ballots 237 0.83
Turnout 28,502 69.32
Electors on the lists 41,115
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2003 Quebec general election: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Daniel Turp 13,334 45.26 +16.64
Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 8,414 28.56 −6.10
UFP Amir Khadir 5,278 17.92 -
Action démocratique Vivian Goulder 1,855 6.30 +0.03
Bloc Pot Lyne Rivard 579 1.97 −3.21
Total valid votes 29,460 100,00
Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +11.37
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec provincial by-election, April 9, 2001: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathalie Rochefort 5,953 34.66 +6.24
Parti Québécois Claudel Toussaint 4,915 28.62 −26.76
Independent Paul Cliche 4,163 24.24 -
Action démocratique André Larocque 1,077 6.27 −2.62
Bloc Pot Pierre Audette 890 5.18 +2.07
  No designation Man Yee Cheung 67 0.39 -
  Independent Charles Robidoux 50 0.29 -
  No designation Michel Prairie 32 0.19 -
Independent Régent Millette 27 0.16 -
Total valid votes 17,174 100,00
Total rejected ballots 352 2,01
Turnout 17,526 41.09
Eligible voters 42,651
Liberal gain from Parti Québécois Swing +16.50
Source: Official Results, Le directeur général des élections du Québec.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "The former Quebec Liberal MNA Nathalie Rochefort is supporting Brian Topp", briantopp.ca, March 5, 2012 (archive)
  2. ^ "Team Trudeau 2019 Nomination Meeting – Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.


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