Yves Lessard

Preceded byBernard Gagnon

Preceded bynew riding

BornJanuary 2, 1943 (age 83)

Barville, Quebec, Canada

Yves Lessard


Mayor of Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Incumbent
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	(1943-01-02) January 2, 1943 (age 83) Barville, Quebec, Canada
Party	Bloc Québécois
Profession	businessman, union advisor

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]

Born in Barville, Quebec, a businessman and union adviser, Lessard was the Bloc critic of Human Resources and Skills Development.

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]

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.