Fred Beauchemin

Frédéric Beauchemin
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Marguerite-Bourgeoys
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 3, 2022
Preceded byHélène David
Personal details
Born1965
Montreal
Political partyQuebec Liberal Party (provincial)
Other political
affiliations		Liberal Party of Canada (federal)

Frédéric Beauchemin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. He represents the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.[1]

Studies

Beauchemin did his post-secondary studies at Collège Jean de Brébeuf, where he obtained a DEC in Pure Sciences (1984). Later, he acquired a bachelor of commerce in Finance from HEC Montreal (1987), then an MBA from McGill University in 1994.

Professional life

He began his professional career in banking. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Scotiabank, a position he held until 2019. In 2007 he became head of credit markets to finally completing his professional career as head of capital markets from 2010 to 2019.[2]

Community involvement

Beauchemin was notably a member of the boards of directors for the foundations of Père Sablon, des petits rois, Marie-Vincent and the Institut du cancer de Montréal.

Since October 3, 2022, Beauchemin has been elected MNA for Marguerite-Bourgeoys for the Quebec Liberal Party.[3]

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election: Marguerite-Bourgeoys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Beauchemin 12,635 44.78 -8.61
Coalition Avenir Québec Vicky Michaud 6,533 23.15 -0.33
Conservative Aleksa Drakul 3,103 11.00 –
Québec solidaire Angélique Soleil Lavoie 2,898 10.27 -0.49
Parti Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 1,966 6.97 -1.48
Bloc Montreal Keeton Clarke 549 1.95 –
Green Carole Thériault 409 1.45 -0.90
Climat Québec Serge Bellemare 123 0.44 –
Total valid votes 28,216 98.66 –
Total rejected ballots 382 1.34 –
Turnout 28,598 54.71 -0.09
Electors on the lists 52,274 – –
2019 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Michel Boudrias 31,029 50.59 +17.58 $20,129.32
Liberal Frédéric Beauchemin 17,944 29.26 +1.26 none listed
Conservative France Gagnon 4,640 7.57 -3.78 $1,869.33
New Democratic Maxime Beaudoin 4,627 7.54 -18.07 $0.33
Green Réjean Monette 2,277 3.71 +1.97 none listed
People's Jeffrey Barnes 399 0.65 none listed
Rhinoceros Paul Vézina 260 0.42 $0.00
Independent Jade Hébert 159 0.26 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 61,335 97.95
Total rejected ballots 1,282 2.05 -0.06
Turnout 62,617 70.31 -0.15
Eligible voters 89,062
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +8.16
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

Office at the National Assembly

Beauchemin is currently serving as:

  • Vice-president of the Committee on Economy and Labor
  • Official Opposition Critic for the Economy
  • Official Opposition Critic for Innovation
  • Official Opposition Critic for Finance
  • Official Opposition Critic for the Estrie Region
  • Official Opposition Critic for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region[6]

Harassment allegations

On October 5, 2023, Beauchemin and three of his staffers received a complaint for psychological harassment by the president of the Liberal Party of Quebec Youth Commission. It was alleged that the members of his team had harassed, intimidated and threatened her, all the while instrumentalizing the Youth Commission to promote his forthcoming campaign for the leadership of the party with the inaction of Beauchemin regarding the harassment.[7]

ChatGPT

On April 6, 2023, he asked the very first question written entirely by artificial intelligence in the National Assembly. It was addressed to innovation Minister, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and focused on the impacts and risks of using this same intelligence.

“I would like to know how the Government of Quebec intends to support this transition to an increasingly digital and automated economy, while ensuring the protection of jobs and the competitiveness of our province. Can you tell us what concrete measures your ministry plans to put in place to encourage the use of artificial intelligence and businesses and industries, while ensuring the protection of workers? Thank you in advance for your answer. And by the way, this question was entirely prepared by ChatGPT”.[8]

Submission of bill

In March 2023, Beauchemin tabled Bill 396: An Act to amend the Debt Reduction Act and establish the Generations Fund to expect an attainment of capitalization of $100 billion in order to ensure generations a green and prosperous future.[9]

References

  1. ^ Robert Dolbec, "Frédéric Beauchemin élu dans Marguerite-Bourgeoys". Métro, October 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Lévesque, Fanny (2022-04-29). "Élections 2022: Anglade présente un financier dans Marguerite-Bourgeoys". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. ^ Dolbec, Robert (2022-10-04). "Frédéric Beauchemin élu dans Marguerite-Bourgeoys". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  4. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Frédéric Beauchemin - Assemblée nationale du Québec". m.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  7. ^ Journal de Québec, Geneviève Lajoie, Le (2023-10-05). "Guerre intestine au PLQ: le député Frédéric Beauchemin visé par une plainte de harcèlement psychologique". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Soleil, Olivier Bossé, Le (2023-04-06). "ChatGPT pose une question au Salon bleu". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Frédéric Beauchemin présente un projet de loi pour protéger le Fonds des générations contre les tentations électoralistes de la CAQ". Gouvernement du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-03.