Christian Jobin
Canadian politician
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Christian Jobin (born April 7, 1952) is a Canadian politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the district of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière from 2003 to 2004. He has been a Liberal.[1]
Jobin was the mayor of St-Étienne-de-Lauzon from 1993 to 2001.[1] He ran in the 1998 provincial election in Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, but was defeated.[1] He also ran for mayor in Lévis in 2001 but he was defeated by Jean Garon.[citation needed]
In 2003, Jobin won a by-election and became a Member of Parliament.[2][3] In 2004 though, the number of Liberal MPs from Quebec significantly decreased and Jobin lost the merged seat of Lévis—Bellechasse to Bloc Québécois candidate Réal Lapierre.[1] He is a former accountant, and is married with 5 children.[1]
| Canadian federal by-election, 16 June 2003 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Christian Jobin | 13,115 | 55.6 | |||||
| Bloc Québécois | Maxime Fréchette | 8,274 | 35.1 | |||||
| New Democratic | Louise Foisy | 987 | 4.2 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yohan Nolet | 537 | 2.3 | |||||
| Green | Yonnel Bonaventure | 254 | 1.1 | |||||
| Alliance | Philippe Bouchard | 220 | 0.9 | |||||
| Marijuana | Benjamin Kasapoglu | 186 | 0.8 | |||||
| Called upon Dubé's resignation, 17 March 2003. | ||||||||