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Beauport - Limoilou

2008 Results

Beauport-Limoilou
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST 257/257 polls
CON Sylvie Boucher 17,967 Elected
BQ Éléonore Mainguy 15,981
LIB Yves Picard 7,066
NDP Simon-Pierre Beaudet 5,991
GRN Luc Côté 1,364
IND Simon Bédard 618

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Éléonore Mainguy

Éléonore Mainguy

Party: Bloc Québécois

Education: Earned a diploma in cinema studies from the Collège François-Xavier-Garneau and a BA from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Career Background: Worked as tourist guide with the regional tourism society in Portneuf in 1997. In 2004, worked as an announcer for Spirit House Radio. Also was a writer for Summum magazine with Genex Communications. Was also briefly employed with the casino in Charlevoix and, in 2007, wrote a book about it entitled Les jeux sont faits: Confessions d’une ex-croupière. Self-employed forestry producer since 2001.

Community Activities: Served as a moderator of youth action group in Charlevoix in 2003. Member of a coalition against gambling in Quebec.

Mailing address:

1800 Avenue du Vitré

Quebec, Que.

G1J 4A1

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-948-0615

Fax: 418-948-0640

beauportlimoilou@oricom.ca

www.presentpourlequebec.org

Sylvie Boucher

Sylvie Boucher

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Education: Studied gerontology, office systems technology, literature and information technology

Profession: Marketing and sales

Children: Children: Two - Mélynda and Marie-Catherine

Electoral History

Federal: Elected Jan. 2006 in Beauport-Limoilou.

Political History

Cabinet: Parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister and minister for la Francophonie and Official Languages.

Committee: Member: Canadian Heritage, Offical Languages committees.

Caucus: Member of the Conservative caucus.

Mailing address:

2958 rue Monseigneur Gauthier

Quebec, Que.

G1E 3V2

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-667-0606

Fax: 418-667-1771

www.sylvieboucher.ca

Luc Côté

Luc Côté

Party: Green Party of Canada

Education: Holds a diploma in programming as well as nursing.

Career Background: Worked in the private sector, but now works in Quebec's public service as a technician. Worked as a nurse in the 1990s

Community Activities: Active in fundraising for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) Society.

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-948-8077

luc.cote@greenparty.ca

greenparty.ca

Yves Picard

Yves Picard

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Education: BA in political science and a law degree, Laval University

Career Background: In addition to his work in the legal profession, he is the past president of the Employment Insurance Board of Referees for the Quebec regional division (Sainte-Foy district), an investment adviser and an associate professor of labour law at Université Laval.

Community Activities: Sits on a number of organizing committees and boards of directors. He is the vice-president of the Canada Day committee for the City of Quebec, which he has sat on since 1996. He has been a member of the Quebec Bar Association's committee on illegal activities, the Officers Mess of the Quebec Citadel and the Rotary Club of Quebec-Charlesbourg. In addition, he has worked on several committees for the movement Desjardins, is a member of the board of directors for la Maison de Job and a founding member of committee to help bereaved persons for the Quebec division of the Canadian Red Cross.

Electoral History

Federal: Defeated in Beauport-Limoilou, Jan. 2006.

Political History

Vice-president of Charlesbourg-Jacques-Cartier Federal Riding Association. Served as a legal adviser for various elections at the federal and municipal levels. Was active in NON camp in the 1995 referendum.

Mailing address:

736 avenue Royale

Beauport, Que.

G1E 1Z4

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-614-4752

www.liberal.ca

Simon Bédard

Simon Bédard

Party: Independent

Age: 65

Birthplace: St-Pascal, Que.

Education: Studied marketing and communications

Profession: Radio host

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Diane Brouillet

Children: Two - Nathalie and Sebastien

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-239-4689

simon@bedard.info

www.bedard.info

Simon-Pierre Baudet

Simon-Pierre Baudet

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Education: Earned a master’s degree in literature from Laval University.

Profession: Radio host, bookseller

Career Background: Hosted Salut l’Amérique, a radio show on CKIA and CKRL between 1999 and 2004. Also worked as a bookseller with Librairie Générale Française and Librairie Pantoute for nearly 10 years.

Community Activities: Adviser to the Association générale des étudiantes et étudiants du Cégep Limoilou.

Contact information:

simonpierrebeaudet@ndp.ca

simonpierrebaudet.ndp.ca

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