Alain Garant
Canadian politician
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Alain Garant (born 21 March 1952) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a Chartered Accountant by career.
Alain Garant | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Bellechasse | |
| In office 1980–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Adrien Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Blais |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1952 |
| Party | Liberal party |
| Profession | Accountant |
Garant won the Bellechasse, Quebec electoral district in the 1980 federal election, beating incumbent Adrien Lambert.[1] He served in the 32nd Canadian Parliament and left national politics after his defeat in that riding in the 1984 election.
Electoral record (partial)
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alain Garant | 20,636 | 51.13 | +7.48 | ||||
| Social Credit | Adrien Lambert | 15,124 | 37.47 | −8.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Deschênes | 2,912 | 7.22 | −0.04 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Andrée Chabot | 815 | 2.02 | +0.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Napoléon Goupil | 730 | 1.81 | +0.93 | ||||
| Union populaire | France Théberge | 141 | 0.35 | −0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,358 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 274 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,632 | 70.86 | −1.31 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 57,339 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980. | ||||||||
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