Alexis Deschênes
Canadian politician
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Alexis Deschênes MP is a Canadian politician from the Bloc Québécois. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[1] He unseated cabinet minister Diane Lebouthillier.[2] He was previously a lawyer and journalist.[3] He was elected vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
Alexis Deschênes | |
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| Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Diane Lebouthillier |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Bloc Québécois |
Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois |
In the 2014 Quebec general election, he was a candidate for the Parti Québécois in Trois-Rivières, and again in the 2022 Quebec general election in Bonaventure, but was not elected.
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Alexis Deschênes | 26,091 | 45.79 | +1.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Diane Lebouthillier | 21,817 | 38.29 | -1.47 | ||||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Pigeon | 7,047 | 12.37 | +4.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Denise Giroux | 1,005 | 1.76 | -2.51 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Shawn Grenier | 572 | 1.00 | N/A | ||||
| People's | Christian Rioux | 452 | 0.79 | -1.22 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,984 | 98.54 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 845 | 1.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,829 | 60.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,615 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | +1.46 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2022 Quebec general election: Bonaventure | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Catherine Blouin | 9,919 | 44.45 | +28.45 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Alexis Deschênes | 6,708 | 30.06 | –8.40 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Catherine Cyr Wright | 2,417 | 10.83 | –4.17 | ||||
| Liberal | Christian Cyr | 1,911 | 8.56 | –16.96 | ||||
| Conservative | François Therrien | 1,219 | 5.46 | New | ||||
| L'Union fait la force | Anne Marie Lauzon | 82 | 0.37 | New | ||||
| Climat Québec | Jocelyn Rioux | 57 | 0.26 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,313 | 98.86 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 257 | 1.14 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,570 | 62.76 | +0.50 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,960 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +18.42 | ||||||
| Source: Élections Québec[6] | ||||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Jean-Denis Girard | 11,658 | 39.16 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Alexis Deschênes | 8,452 | 28.39 | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Diego Brunelle | 6,634 | 22.28 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Jean-Claude Landry | 2,531 | 8.50 | |||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Louis Bonneau | 260 | 0.87 | |||||
| Option nationale | André de Repentigny | 238 | 0.80 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 29,773 | 98.05 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 593 | 1.95 | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,366 | 69.00 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 43,721 | – | ||||||
