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Honoré-Mercier

2008 Results

Honoré-Mercier
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST 228/228 polls
LIB Pablo Rodriguez 21,554 Elected
BQ Gérard Labelle 13,987
CON Rodrigo Alfaro 7,548
NDP François Pilon 5,010
GRN Gaëtan Bérard 1,376

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Gerard Labelle

Gérard Labelle

Party: Bloc Québécois

Education: BA, Collège de Saint-Boniface, University of Manitoba; Master of public administration, University of Moncton; MBA, University of Moncton; studied political science at the Laval University

Profession: Business consultant

Career Background: Consultant with Impact Graphics Inc., 2005-present. General manager with Services P. Campbell, 2002-present. Import-export coordinator with Lamko, 2003-present. Founder, president and general manager of Les boîtes Eurobox Inc., 1995-2002. Founder, president and general manager of Imprimerie Campbell Inc., 1990-2002. Sales representative with Les formules d'affaires Informco Inc., 1986-1990.

Community Activities: Internal vice-president, AEUCSB (the student association at Collège de Saint-Boniface), 1975. Radio host, CKSB/Radio-Canada, Manitoba, 1977. Vice-president of the MBA association, Université de Moncton, 1984. Chairman of the Association Québec-Île Maurice (a group working to integrate people immigrating to Quebec), from 1994 to 1998. Member of the executive committee of the Club Rotary du Vieux-Montréal, 1998. Chairman of the fundraising campaign for the Association Québec-Îles Maurice, 1999. Executive member and master of ceremonies for the annual fundraising gala for the Club Rotary du Vieux-Montréal, from 2002 to 2003. Member of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

Electoral History

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Honoré-Mercier in the 2006 general election.

Rodrigo Alfaro

Rodrigo Alfaro

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Education: Studied at the École nationale d’aéoronautique and the École polytechnique de Montréal.

Profession: Manager in the aeronautics sector

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Erika Enriquez

Children: Three - Jacob, Paulina and Rachel

Career Background: Manager of the quality operations group for Pratt & Whitney Canada.

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-312-4402

info@rodrigoalfaro.com

www.rodrigoalfaro.com

Gaëtan Bérard

Gaëtan Bérard

Party: Green Party of Canada

Birthplace: Montreal

Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Quebec in Montreal and a diploma in public relations from the University of Montreal.

Profession: Businessman

Career Background: Works at Techno POS, a company based in Montreal. He previously owned two homeopathic pharmacies when he lived in Mexico for four years.

Community Activities: Sat on the board of directors of a Mexican folk dance group in Montreal. Was also involved in the 2002 World Youth Day, an annual international youth festival held in Sydney, Australia.

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-494-2608

gaetan.berard@greenparty.ca

greenparty.ca

Pablo Rodriguez

Pablo Rodriguez

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Birthdate: June 21, 1967

Age: 40

Birthplace: San Miguel, Argentina

Education: Graduated in business administration from the University of Sherbrooke.

Profession: Businessman

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Roxane

Children: One daughter - Béatrice

Career Background: Began his career in 1989 as a management consultant for the university's business enterprise centre. In 1991, he joined Club 2/3 Inc. as the director of international projects, where he was in charge of administering and evaluating development projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, a role that led to regular invitations as a speaker, both in Canada and abroad. From 1996 to 2003 was vice-president and a partner at GGA Communications, with assignments both in Canada and abroad. From October 2003 until his election in 2004, he has been operating his own business as a consultant in strategic communications.

Electoral History

Federal: Elected in this riding in the 2004 general election. Re-elected in 2006.

Political History

Committee: Vice-chair of the committee on official languages. Member of the committees on public accounts, and on the environment and sustainable development.

Caucus: Member of the LIberal caucus.

Mailing address:

8600 rue Maurice-Duplessis

Montreal, Que.

H1E 3E1

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-764-8612

www.liberal.ca

François Pilon

François Pilon

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Birthdate: 1958

Age: 48

Birthplace: Laval, Que.

Education: Architectural design

Community Activities: Since 1989 has held several positions in the union representing blue collars employees of the City of Laval, including the vice-presidency since 1998. Founding member and vice-president of the Association des Pilon d'Amérique, an organization dedicated to the study of genealogy.

Electoral History

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Honoré-Mercier in the 2004 and 2006 general elections.

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-494-9973

francoispilon@ndp.ca

francoispilon.ndp.ca

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2008 Results