Denis Trudel
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Denis Trudel | |
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| Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | |
| In office October 21, 2019 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Nantel |
| Succeeded by | Natilien Joseph |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 18, 1963 |
| Party | Bloc Québécois |
| Occupation | Politician |
Denis Trudel (French pronunciation: [dəni tʁydɛl]; born July 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician and former actor who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election in the riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert as a member of the Bloc Québécois (BQ).
From 2021 to 2025 he had served as the critic of social solidarity and the French language in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[1]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Natilien Joseph | 24,237 | 40.98 | +2.66 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 23,468 | 39.68 | -1.52 | ||||
| Conservative | Martine Boucher | 8,447 | 14.28 | +7.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nesrine Benhadj | 2,986 | 5.05 | -2.90 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,138 | 98.06 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,172 | 1.94 | ||||||
| Turnout | 60,310 | 69.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,474 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +2.09 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 23,579 | 41.2 | +2.7 | $37,733.06 | |||
| Liberal | Florence Gagnon | 21,930 | 38.3 | +4.1 | $55,578.41 | |||
| New Democratic | Mildred Murray | 4,553 | 8.0 | -0.5 | $51.02 | |||
| Conservative | Boukare Tall | 3,964 | 6.9 | +0.6 | $681.23 | |||
| Green | Simon King | 1,599 | 2.8 | -8.5 | $8,865.56 | |||
| People's | Manon Girard | 1,358 | 2.4 | +1.6 | $0.00 | |||
| Indépendance du Québec | Jacinthe Lafrenaye | 252 | 0.4 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,235 | 98.0 | – | $115,690.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,144 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 58,379 | 67.6 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 86,352 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -0.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 23,061 | 38.5 | +11.23 | $46,039.85 | |||
| Liberal | Réjean Hébert | 20,471 | 34.2 | +4.19 | $77,307.46 | |||
| Green | Pierre Nantel | 6,745 | 11.3 | +8.81 | $16,474.78 | |||
| New Democratic | Éric Ferland | 5,104 | 8.5 | –22.72 | $11,119.46 | |||
| Conservative | Patrick Clune | 3,779 | 6.3 | –2.44 | none listed | |||
| People's | Ellen Comeau | 467 | 0.8 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Pierre-Luc Fillon | 217 | 0.4 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,844 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,086 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,930 | 69.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,113 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from Independent | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| Note: Pierre Nantel was the incumbent MP who was elected in 2015 as a New Democrat, but sat as an independent after August 16, 2019. Nantel decided to run again as the Green candidate in the 2019 election, but never joined the Green caucus while the 42nd Parliament was in session. | ||||||||
