Carlos Leitão
Canadian politician (born 1956)
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Carlos J. Leitão MP (born 1956) is a Canadian politician in Quebec who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.[1] A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he has been an MP since 2025.
Carlos Leitão | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Robillard |
| Quebec Minister of Finance | |
| In office April 23, 2014 – October 18, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Marceau |
| Succeeded by | Éric Girard |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Robert-Baldwin | |
| In office April 7, 2014 – August 28, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Marsan |
| Succeeded by | Brigitte Garceau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 |
| Party | Quebec Liberal (provincial) Liberal (federal) |
| Profession | Economist |
Early life and education
Originally from Portugal,[2] Leitão moved to Canada in 1975.[3] He is a alumnus of McGill University, graduating in 1979 with a bachelor of arts.[4]
Prior to Leitão's election to the legislature, he was the chief economist for Laurentian Bank Securities.[3]
Career
Leitão represented the electoral district of Robert-Baldwin as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party until he retired from provincial politics at the 2022 Quebec general election.[5] He was appointed Quebec minister of Finance on April 23, 2014 by Philippe Couillard.[6]
In May 2023, Leitão was named to the Bank of Canada's board of directors.[7]
After Mark Carney won the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, his team reached out to Leitão, a longtime associate, to run in the federal election.[8][9] Following his victory, Leitão was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry.
At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.[10]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Carlos Leitão | 29,928 | 51.99 | +7.88 | $39,264.14 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Claude Tousignant | 13,584 | 23.60 | –7.20 | $10,128.75 | |||
| Conservative | Janina Moran | 11,923 | 20.71 | +8.97 | $3,948.42 | |||
| New Democratic | Alexandrah Cardona-Fortin | 2,128 | 3.70 | –4.86 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,563 | 98.30 | – | $129,304.10 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 993 | 1.70 | ||||||
| Turnout | 58,556 | 70.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 82,902 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.54 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Robert-Baldwin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Carlos Leitão | 22,426 | 73.85 | -13.42 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Laura Azéroual | 3,438 | 11.32 | +6.19 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Zachary Williams | 1,317 | 4.34 | +2.46 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marie-Imalta Pierre-Lys | 994 | 3.27 | -0.43 | ||||
| Conservative | Michael-Louis Coppa | 921 | 3.03 | +2.68 | ||||
| Green | Catherine Richardson | 781 | 2.57 | +1.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Luca Brown | 488 | 1.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 30,365 | 99.16 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 257 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,622 | 55.60 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 55,075 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.81 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Carlos Leitão | 36,763 | 87.27 | +12.06 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jamie Allen | 2,161 | 5.13 | -7.85 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Michaël Comtois-Lussier | 1,557 | 3.70 | -1.63 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Ali Faour | 794 | 1.88 | -1.04 | ||||
| Green | Mathieu Mireault | 607 | 1.44 | -1.22 | ||||
| Conservative | Patricia Popert | 146 | 0.35 | – | ||||
| Option nationale | Viviane Martinova-Croteau | 96 | 0.23 | -0.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,124 | 99.52 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 203 | 0.48 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 42,327 | 76.99 | +7.90 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 54,979 | – | – | |||||