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Sylvie Boucher
Sylvie Boucher
Official Opposition Critic for La Francophonie
	In office; November 20, 2015 – August 30, 2017
Leader	Rona Ambrose; Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Pierre Dionne Labelle
Succeeded by	Alupa Clarke
Member of Parliament; for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
	In office; October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Jonathan Tremblay
Succeeded by	Caroline Desbiens
Member of Parliament; for Beauport—Limoilou
	In office; January 23, 2006 – March 26, 2011
Preceded by	Christian Simard
Succeeded by	Raymond Côté
Personal details
Born	December 18, 1962 (age 62); Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Conservative (federal); CAQ (provincial)
Other political; affiliations	Liberal Party of Quebec (1999-2006)
Spouse	divorced
Residence	Beauport, Quebec
Profession	administrator, political advisor, sales consultant

Sylvie Boucher (born December 18, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou from 2006 to 2011 and as the MP for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the Conservative Party.

Background

Boucher has studied office systems technology, gerontology, information technology, and literature. Before politics, she worked in the private sector and specialized in marketing and sales. She has also worked in the National Assembly of Quebec with various jobs and has served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Canadian Minister of Tourism.^[1]

Federal politics

Boucher was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou, Quebec in the 2006 election by a margin of 820 votes over her Bloc Québécois opponent.^[2]

On February 7, 2006, Boucher was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. On April 10, 2007, she also became Parliamentary Secretary for La Francophonie and Official Languages. On October 10, 2007, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Status of Women. She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Raymond Côté of the New Democratic Party.^[1]

She returned to parliament in the 2015 election and defeated incumbent Jonathan Tremblay in the new riding of Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix.^[3] She was defeated in the 2019 election.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Caroline Desbiens	18,407	36.35	+17.21	$10,197.29
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	15,044	29.71	-3.82	none listed
	Liberal	Manon Fortin	10,608	20.95	-5.94	none listed
	New Democratic	Gérard Briand	2,841	5.61	-12.85	none listed
	Green	Richard Guertin	1,355	2.68	+0.98	$5,913.35
	No affiliation	Raymond Bernier	1,335	2.64	–	$5,886.96
	People's	Jean-Claude Parent	1,045	2.06	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,635	98.11
Total rejected ballots			976	1.89
Turnout			51,611	67.33
Eligible voters			76,657
	Bloc Québécois gain from Conservative		Swing		+10.52
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2015 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	16,903	33.53	+10.53	–
	Liberal	Jean-Roger Vigneau	13,556	26.89	+21.55	–
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Dufour	9,650	19.14	-12.51	–
	New Democratic	Jonathan Tremblay	9,306	18.46	-19.79	–
	Green	Patrick Kerr	859	1.7	-0.01	–
	Strength in Democracy	Mario Desjardins Pelchat	182	0.36	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,406	100.0		$219,234.02
Total rejected ballots			846	–	–
Turnout			51,302	–	–
Eligible voters			76,452
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.16
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	24,306	46.07	+33.85
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	13,845	26.24	-10.52
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Létourneau	10,250	19.43	-13.18
	Liberal	Lorraine Chartier	3,162	5.99	-8.37
	Green	Louise Courville	950	1.80	-0.98
	Christian Heritage	Anne-Marie Genest	124	0.24	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Moreau	122	0.23	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,759	100.00
Total rejected ballots			843	1.57	-0.14
Turnout			53,602	63.26	+3.86
Eligible voters			84,738	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+22.19

2008 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	17,994	36.76	-2.68	$48,176
	Bloc Québécois	Éléonore Mainguy	15,962	32.61	-5.26	$28,254
	Liberal	Yves Picard	7,030	14.36	+4.32	$19,558
	New Democratic	Simon-Pierre Beaudet	5,986	12.22	+4.24	$4,297
	Green	Luc Côté	1,363	2.78	-1.30	$0
	Independent	Simon Bédard	610	1.23	–	–	$5,911
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,945	100.00	$87,843
Total rejected ballots			849	1.71
Turnout			49,794	59.40
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.29

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	19,409	39.54		$46,042
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Simard	18,589	37.87		47,697
	Liberal	Yves Picard	4,929	10.04	–	$28,843
	New Democratic	Simone-Pierre Beaudet	3,917	7.98		$3,093
	Green	Mario Laprise	2,005	4.08	–	$913
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean Bédard	234	0.48	–	not listed
Total valid votes			49,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			638
Turnout			49,721	59.67
Electors on the lists			83,327
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.