Claude DeBellefeuille

Claude DeBellefeuille
MP
Claude DeBellefeuille MP
Member of Parliament; for Salaberry—Suroît
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Anne Minh-Thu Quach
Member of Parliament; for Beauharnois—Salaberry
	In office; January 23, 2006 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Alain Boire
Succeeded by	Anne Minh-Thu Quach
Personal details
Born	December 13, 1963 (age 61); Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Profession	Social worker

Claude DeBellefeuille MP (born December 13, 1963) is a Canadian politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Salaberry—Suroît in Quebec since the 2019 federal election. A member of the Bloc Québécois (BQ), she previously served as the MP for Beauharnois—Salaberry from 2006 to 2011.

Background

Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, DeBellefeuille was a social worker before becoming a politician. She was first elected in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Beauharnois—Salaberry. She defeated Alain Boire in the nomination race in the riding and went on to win the general election. DeBellefeuille was reelected in 2008 with a slightly higher margin than the previous election. Between June 2010 and May 2011, she replaced Michel Guimond as the chief Bloc Québécois Whip, previously serving as Deputy Whip. In the 2011 federal election, DeBellefeuille was a casualty of the Orange Wave, losing her seat to Anne Minh-Thu Quach of the New Democratic Party (NDP). In 2015, she ran in Salaberry—Suroît and again lost to Quach. After Quach did not run in the 2019 federal election, DeBellefeuille succeeded her.

On June 17, 2020 DeBellefeuille spoke as party whip following New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh calling fellow Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a ‘racist’ after he (Therrien) voted against a motion to address systemic racism and discrimination in the RCMP. On June 18, 2020 DeBellefeuille called for Singh to be blocked from speaking in Parliament due to the previous day’s ‘outburst’ but was unsuccessful.^[1]

Since 2021 she has served as the Chief Whip in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.^[2]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Salaberry—Suroît
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	29,093	47.8	+0.1	$30,713.12
	Liberal	Linda Gallant	16,550	27.2	-2.5	$111,539.16
	Conservative	Jean Collette	7,476	12.3	+2.6	$5,965.78
	New Democratic	Joan Gottman	4,529	7.4	-0.6	$959.67
	People's	Nicolas Thivierge	2,207	3.6	+2.4	$1,708.37
	Free	Marcel Goyette	561	0.9	N/A	$633.40
	Indépendance du Québec	Luc Bertrand	449	0.7	+0.2	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,865	97.8	–	$126,226.54
Total rejected ballots			1,355	2.2
Turnout			62,220	62.7
Eligible voters			99,287
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+1.3
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Salaberry—Suroît
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	29,975	47.7	+19.34	$22,969.94
	Liberal	Marc Faubert	18,682	29.7	+0.52	$65,428.26
	Conservative	Cynthia Larivière	6,116	9.7	-0.27	$8,759.40
	New Democratic	Joan Gottman	5,024	8.0	-22.43	none listed
	Green	Nahed AlShawa	1,997	3.2	+1.79	none listed
	People's	Alain Savard	767	1.2		$3,205.00
	Indépendance du Québec	Luc Bertrand	342	0.5		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,903	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,285
Turnout			64,188	67.0
Eligible voters			95,776
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.41
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anne Minh-Thu Quach	23,978	43.78	+32.22	–
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	18,182	33.20	-16.86	–
	Conservative	David Couturier	7,049	12.87	-7.37	–
	Liberal	François Deslandres	4,559	8.32	-6.55	–
	Green	Rémi Pelletier	1,003	1.83	-1.45	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,771	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			778	1.40	–
Turnout			55,569	62.34	–
Eligible voters			89,141	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+24.54

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	26,904	50.06	+2.53	$57,397
	Conservative	Dominique Bellemare	10,858	20.20	-6.31	$85,410
	Liberal	Maria Lopez	7,995	14.87	-0.14	$6,993
	New Democratic	Anne Minh-Thu Quach	6,214	11.56	+4.01	$2,272
	Green	David Smith	1,764	3.28	-0.10	$5,184
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,735	100.00	$89,601
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-4.52

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	26,190	47.53	-3.1	$51,521
	Conservative	David Couturier	14,609	26.51	+17.3	$7,923
	Liberal	John Khawand	8,272	15.01	-19.6	$80,914
	New Democratic	Cynthia Roy	4,163	7.55	+5.6	$6,039
	Green	David Smith	1,864	3.38	+0.7
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,098	100.00	$82,960

References

^ Aiello, Rachel (2020-06-17). "Singh stands by calling Bloc MP a racist after being removed from House". CTVNews. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
^ Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

External links

Claude DeBellefeuille – Parliament of Canada biography

[1] Aiello, Rachel (2020-06-17). "Singh stands by calling Bloc MP a racist after being removed from House". CTVNews. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

[2] Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.

[3] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[4] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[5] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

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