Yves Lessard
Canadian politician
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Yves Lessard (born January 2, 1943) is a Canadian politician. From 2001 to 2004, Lessard served as a city councillor in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec. In the 2004 Canadian federal election he was elected into the House of Commons of Canada as the Bloc Québécois candidate in Chambly—Borduas.[1] Lessard served as mayor of Saint-Basile-le-Grand from 2017 to 2025.[2]
Yves Lessard | |
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| Mayor of Saint-Basile-le-Grand | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Gagnon |
| Member of Parliament for Chambly—Borduas | |
| In office 2004–2011 | |
| Preceded by | new riding |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Dubé |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1943 Barville, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Bloc Québécois |
| Profession | businessman, union advisor |
Born in Barville, Quebec, a businessman and union adviser, Lessard was the Bloc critic of Human Resources and Skills Development.
He was defeated in the 2011 election by Matthew Dubé of the New Democratic Party.
Electoral record
Beloeil—Chambly
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew Dubé | 20,641 | 31.07 | -11.53 | $37,588.92 | |||
| Liberal | Karine Desjardins | 19,494 | 29.34 | +20.32 | $13,921.30 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves Lessard | 18,387 | 27.68 | +0.27 | $42,490.04 | |||
| Conservative | Claude Chalhoub | 6,173 | 9.29 | +1.35 | $3,916.18 | |||
| Green | Fodé Kerfalla Yansané | 1,498 | 2.25 | +0.70 | $2,528.52 | |||
| Libertarian | Michael Maher | 245 | 0.37 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.00 | $233,044.70 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 950 | 1.41 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 67,388 | 74.00 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,068 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -15.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
Chambly—Borduas
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew Dubé | 29,591 | 42.74 | +28.56 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves Lessard | 19,147 | 27.65 | -22.43 | ||||
| Independent | Jean-François Mercier | 7,843 | 11.33 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Bernard DeLorme | 6,165 | 8.90 | -7.88 | ||||
| Conservative | Nathalie Ferland Drolet | 5,425 | 7.83 | -7.24 | ||||
| Green | Nicholas Lescarbeau | 1,072 | 1.55 | -2.33 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,243 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 621 | 0.89 | -0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 69,864 | 70.62 | +2.21 | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +25.5 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves Lessard | 31,773 | 50.08 | -4.62 | $62,155 | |||
| Liberal | Gabriel Arsenault | 10,649 | 16.78 | +5.53 | $15,849 | |||
| Conservative | Suzanne Chartrand | 9,564 | 15.07 | -5.55 | $71,231 | |||
| New Democratic | Serge Gélinas | 8,998 | 14.18 | +5.79 | $1,485 | |||
| Green | Olivier Adam | 2,460 | 3.88 | -1.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,444 | 100.00 | $94,088 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 804 | 1.25 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 64,248 | 68.41 | -2.00 | |||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves Lessard | 33,703 | 54.70 | -6.15 | $52,524 | |||
| Conservative | Yves Bourassa | 12,703 | 20.62 | +13.06 | $12,463 | |||
| Liberal | Chantal Bouchard | 6,933 | 11.25 | -11.50 | $15,231 | |||
| New Democratic | Alain Dubois | 5,167 | 8.39 | +3.58 | $6,162 | |||
| Green | Olivier Adam | 3,113 | 5.05 | +1.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,619 | 100.00 | $85,251 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 762 | 1.22 | -0.86 | |||||
| Turnout | 62,381 | 70.41 | +3.41 | |||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Yves Lessard | 33,945 | 60.85 | +10.91 | $79,946 | |||
| Liberal | Sophie Joncas | 12,694 | 22.75 | -10.56 | $55,054 | |||
| Conservative | Lucien Richard | 4,219 | 7.56 | -4.36 | $43,678 | |||
| New Democratic | Daniel Blouin | 2,681 | 4.81 | +3.34 | ||||
| Green | Benoit Lapointe | 2,248 | 4.03 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,787 | 100.00 | $81,855 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,186 | 2.08 | ||||||
| Turnout | 56,973 | 67.00 | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.