Alain Giguère
Member of Parliament
for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
In office
May 2, 2011  August 4, 2015
Preceded bySerge Ménard
Succeeded byYves Robillard
Personal details
Born (1958-10-24) October 24, 1958
Lachine, Quebec
Political partyNew Democratic Party
ProfessionTax lawyer

Alain Giguère (born October 24, 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin as a member of the New Democratic Party. In the 2015 election he ran in Thérèse-De Blainville, but lost to Liberal Ramez Ayoub.[2]

Before to being elected, Giguère was a tax lawyer. He has a bachelor's degree in political science, a bachelor's degree in legal science, and a certificate in social justice.

Before finally being elected in 2011, Giguère had run unsuccessfully in seven previous federal elections, in Verdun—Saint-Paul in 1984, in Roberval in 1993, 1997 and 2000, in Laval in 2004 and 2008, and in Laval—Les Îles in 2006, as well as provincially once for the New Democratic Party of Quebec in Saint-Henri in 1985.[3]

In 2012, it was reported that he would give back the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. All serving MPs that year were recipients.[4]

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election: Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticAlain Giguère29,10749.68+37.38
Bloc QuébécoisMarie-France Charbonneau15,47026.40-19.12
LiberalEduardo Gonzalo Agurto Catalán7,03512.01-12.45
ConservativeJohanne Théorêt5,7689.85-3.97
GreenCharles Sicotte1,2082.06-1.82
Total valid votes 58,58898.73-0.11
Total rejected ballots 7511.27+0.11
Turnout 59,33967.74+0.33
2008 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisNicole Demers19,08537.79-6.6$68,964
LiberalAlia Haddad14,19028.10+2.5$19,244
ConservativeJean-Pierre Bélisle9,10118.02-0.6$73,966
New DemocraticAlain Giguère6,28912.45+4.3$1,831
GreenEric Madelein1,6073.18-0.2
Marxist–LeninistYvon Breton2210.43
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,493 98.50$86,875
Total rejected ballots 769 1.50
Turnout 51,262 62.24
2006 Canadian federal election: Laval—Les Îles
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalRaymonde Folco20,84939.31-8.55$53,323
Bloc QuébécoisChristiane Pichette17,53733.07-4.04$51,106
ConservativeQais Hamidi9,05517.07+10.09$24,108
New DemocraticAlain Giguère3,8177.19+2.80$1,122
GreenTheodore Kouretas1,5572.93+0.58$0
Marxist–LeninistPolyvios Tsakanikas2110.39+0.08
Total 53,524 100.00$82,901
Total rejected ballots 709 1.31
Turnout 54,13363.47
2004 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisNicole Demers24,42550.1$61,946
LiberalPierre Lafleur17,63936.2$67,777
ConservativeStéphane D'Amours3,1156.4$12,823
New DemocraticAlain Giguère1,9984.1$221
GreenDamien Pichereau1,0912.2
MarijuanaPierre Losier-Côté4921.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,760 100.0 $79,622
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier16,92855.1+3.0
LiberalJean-Pierre Boivin10,68034.7+8.5
AllianceRaymond A. Brideau1,8295.9
Progressive ConservativeMarie-Christine Huot8702.8-17.5
New DemocraticAlain Giguère4371.4+0.1
Total valid votes 30,744100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier16,20752.1-7.6
LiberalJean-Pierre Boivin8,17626.3+5.9
Progressive ConservativeFrance Tanguay6,31220.3+2.0
New DemocraticAlain Giguère4121.3-0.2
Total valid votes 31,107 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier18,86959.7
LiberalAurélien Gill6,44320.4+8.3
Progressive ConservativeHenri-Paul Brassard5,79318.3-58.0
New DemocraticAlain Giguère4851.5-8.0
Total valid votes 31,590 100.0
1985 Quebec general election: Saint-Henri
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRoma Hains14,647
Parti QuébécoisFrancine Lalonde9,911
New DemocraticAlain Giguère602
Parti indépendantisteGilles Rheaume456
Parti humaniste du QuébecRoger Gingras151
Parti du socialisme chrétienRaymond St-Georges53
1984 Canadian federal election: Verdun—Saint-Paul
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeGilbert Chartrand17,378
LiberalPierre Savard16,431
New DemocraticAlain Giguère3,912
RhinocerosPhilippe Hooligan Coté1,309
Parti nationalisteSerge Paquette798
Commonwealth of CanadaSteve Boyle99

See also

References

  1. Election 2011: Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
  2. "Parliamewnt of Canada – Thérèse-De Blainville".
  3. General elections – 1985, December 2 – Official results for all electoral divisions Archived 2015-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec
  4. "First 60 Canadians set to receive Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal". The Globe and Mail. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
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