Anne-Marie Day
Canadian politician
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Anne-Marie Day (born February 2, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles as a member of the New Democratic Party.
Anne-Marie Day | |
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Anne-Marie Day in 2015 | |
| Member of Parliament for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Petit |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Paul-Hus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 2, 1954 |
| Party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Director |
Prior to being elected, Day was the president of an employment agency, and is a former president of a women's issues group. She has a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in local and regional development from Université Laval.
Day also ran in Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles in the 2008 federal election, but lost.
Despite her anglophone-sounding name, Day is a francophone, and French is her preferred language on the Commons floor.
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Pierre Paul-Hus | 24,608 | 42.24 | +11.95 | – | |||
| Liberal | Jean Côté | 13,525 | 23.22 | +16.69 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Anne-Marie Day | 11,690 | 20.07 | -24.92 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Marc Antoine Turmel | 7,177 | 12.32 | -3.96 | – | |||
| Green | Nathalie Baudet | 1,256 | 2.16 | +0.6 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,256 | 100.0 | $221,301.50 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 866 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 59,122 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,648 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.44 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Anne-Marie Day | 24,131 | 45.0 | +31.9 | ||||
| Conservative | Daniel Petit | 16,220 | 30.3 | -10.8 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Félix Grenier | 8,732 | 16.3 | -12.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Martine Gaudreault | 3,505 | 6.5 | -7.6 | ||||
| Green | Simon Verret | 832 | 1.6 | -0.9 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Simon Cormier | 189 | 0.4 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,609 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 801 | 1.5 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,410 | 66.2 | +2.5 | – | ||||
| Eligible voters | 82,140 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Daniel Petit | 20,566 | 41.14 | +0.1 | $40,863 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Courteau | 14,602 | 29.21 | -9.1 | $58,190 | |||
| Liberal | Denise Legros | 7,039 | 14.08 | +5.3 | $14,902 | |||
| New Democratic | Anne-Marie Day | 6,542 | 13.08 | +6.9 | $3,986 | |||
| Green | François Bédard | 1,231 | 2.46 | -0.1 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,980 | 100.0 | $85,288 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 811 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 50,791 | 63.66 | ||||||
