Jean-Claude Malépart
Canadian politician (1938–1989)
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Jean-Claude Malépart (3 December 1938 – 16 November 1989) was a French Canadian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1976 and of the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until his death.
Jean-Claude Malépart | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie | |
| In office 21 November 1988 – 16 November 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Lavoie |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Duceppe |
| Member of Parliament for Montreal—Sainte-Marie (Sainte-Marie; 1979–1984) | |
| In office 22 May 1979 – 20 November 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Lavoie |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Duceppe |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Marie | |
| In office 29 October 1973 – 14 November 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Charles-Henri Tremblay |
| Succeeded by | Guy Bisaillon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean-Claude Malépart 3 December 1938 |
| Died | 16 November 1989 (aged 50) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Profession |
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Life and career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the son of Charles-Auguste Malépart and Germaine Mérineau. Both his parents died during his childhood: his mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died fourteen years later. He grew up in the Sainte-Marie district.[1]
Malépart was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Sainte-Marie in the 1973 election, after losing the 1970 election. He was defeated in the 1976 election.[1]
A member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the ridings of Sainte-Marie (later Montreal—Sainte-Marie), and Laurier—Sainte-Marie, he was elected in the 1979, 1980, 1984, and 1988 federal elections. A Liberal, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works from 1982 to 1984.
Malépart and his wife, Pierrette Giard, had two daughters.[1] Their daughter Nathalie Malépart ran as the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate in a 2006 by-election in the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques. She lost to the Parti Québécois candidate, Martin Lemay.
Death
Malépart died from lung cancer at Hôpital Notre-Dame on 16 November 1989, aged 50.[1] He is buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
His seat was won by Gilles Duceppe in the by-election.[2]
Electoral record (partial)
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Laurier—Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Malepart | 15,956 | 39.07 | $41,754 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Hamelin | 12,113 | 29.66 | $35,391 | ||||
| New Democratic | François Beaulne | 8,828 | 21.62 | $42,678 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Sonia Chatouille Côté | 2,121 | 5.19 | $425 | ||||
| Green | Philippe Champagne | 1,438 | 3.52 | $0 | ||||
| Communist | Marianne Roy | 175 | 0.43 | $1,263 | ||||
| Independent Marxist-Leninist | Hélène Héroux | 130 | 0.32 | $130 | ||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Daniel Gonzales | 79 | 0.19 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,840 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 729 | |||||||
| Turnout | 41,569 | 69.33 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 59,956 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988. | ||||||||
