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Caroline Desbiens
MP
Caroline Desbiens MP
	Caroline Desbiens on stage, France, 2013
Member of Parliament; for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Sylvie Boucher
Personal details
Born	L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	L'Isle-aux-Coudres

Caroline Desbiens MP (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔlin debjɛ̃]) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election from Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix as a member of the Bloc Québécois.^[2]

Political career

During the election 2019 election campaign, it was found that in 2013, Desbiens wrote on her Facebook page that the Charter of Quebec Values that was being proposed by the Parti Québécois government of the day should be supported even if it was not perfect. “Our daughters, grand-daughters and great-grand-daughters could have to wear a veil to go to the IGA for fear of going to prison in a few years,” In 2016, she praised far-right French politician Marine Le Pen for having the courage of her convictions on Facebook. “Whether one agrees or not or only partially with what Ms. Le Pen says, we need more people like her”.^[3]^[4] She later apologized about it, expressing deep regrets.^[5]^[6]

Since 2021 she has served as the critic of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.^[7]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Caroline Desbiens	19,270	38.44	+2.09	$27,050.37
	Conservative	Véronique Laprise	15,969	31.85	+2.14	$25,427.63
	Liberal	Alexandra Bernier	10,365	20.67	–0.28	$7,031.80
	New Democratic	Frédéric du Verle	2,242	4.47	–1.14	$320.79
	People's	Jennifer Lefrançois	881	1.76	–0.30	$0.00
	Green	Frédéric Amyot	733	1.46	–1.22	$0.00
	Free	Chantal Laplante	449	0.90	–	$409.94
	Independent	Vicky Lépine	227	0.45	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,136	100.00	–	$115,228.60
Total rejected ballots			902	1.77	–0.12
Turnout			51,038	65.64	–1.69
Registered voters			77,752
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		–0.03
Source: Elections Canada^[8]

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^[9]^[10]