Nancy Charest
Canadian politician
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Nancy Charest (November 28, 1959 – March 1, 2014) was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Matane in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was defeated by Pascal Bérubé of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 provincial election.
Nancy Charest | |
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Charest in 2011 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Matane | |
| In office April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Matthias Rioux |
| Succeeded by | Pascal Bérubé |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1959 Matane, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | March 1, 2014 (aged 54) Matane, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
She ran as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for the district of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in the 2008 federal election. She lost to Bloc Québécois incumbent Jean-Yves Roy, but received the highest vote percentage of any non-winning Liberal candidate in the province outside of the Montreal area. [citation needed]
Charest was found dead on March 1, 2014, along a road in her native Matane, Quebec. The cause of death was hypothermia, caused by exposure while Charest was heavily intoxicated.[1] She was 54 years old.[2][3]
Electoral record
| 2003 Quebec general election: Matane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Nancy Charest | 7,602 | 40.84 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Pascal Bérubé | 7,569 | 40.67 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Raynald Bernier | 3,005 | 16.14 | |||||
| Independent | Nelson Gauthier | 178 | 0.96 | |||||
| Independent | Nestor Turcotte | 135 | 0.73 | |||||
| Green | David Lejeune | 124 | 0.67 | |||||
| 2007 Quebec general election: Matane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Pascal Bérubé | 7,830 | 39.10 | |||||
| Liberal | Nancy Charest | 7,617 | 38.04 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Donald Grenier | 3,980 | 19.88 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Brigitte Michaud | 358 | 1.79 | |||||
| Green | François Vincent | 240 | 1.20 | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-Yves Roy | 11,977 | 37.5% | -8.5% | ||||
| Liberal | Nancy Charest | 11,368 | 35.6% | +22.5% | ||||
| Conservative | Jérôme Landry | 5,743 | 18.0% | -11.7% | ||||
| New Democratic | Julie Demers | 1,497 | 4.6% | -1.6% | ||||
| Green | Louis Drainville | 1,139 | 3.5% | +0.8% | ||||
| Independent | Liliane Potvin | 175 | 0.5% | -1.8% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,899 | |||||||
| Turnout | – | 43.6% | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -15.5 | ||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-François Fortin | 12,633 | 36.05 | -1.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Nancy Charest | 8,964 | 25.58 | -10.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanie Boulet | 7,484 | 21.36 | +16.67 | ||||
| Conservative | Allen Cormier | 5,253 | 14.99 | -3.08 | ||||
| Green | Louis Drainville | 707 | 2.02 | -1.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 35,041 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 393 | 1.11 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,434 | 59.81 | +5.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 59,242 | – | – | |||||
