Jean Boulet (politician)

Jean Boulet MNA
Boulet in 2023
Quebec Minister of Labour
Incumbent
Assumed office October 18, 2018
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 2018
Preceded by	Jean-Denis Girard
Personal details
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec
Relatives	Julie Boulet (sister)
Residence(s)	Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

Jean Boulet MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Trois-Rivières as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). He is the current Minister of Labour.

Personal life

His sister is former Quebec Liberal MNA Julie Boulet.[2]

Career

Boulet was first elected to represent Trois-Rivières in the National Assembly of Quebec in 2018. On October 18, he was chosen by Premier François Legault to serve as Minister of Labor.[3] He was reelected in the 2022 election.

2022 immigration remarks controversy

A few days before the 2022 election as CAQ Immigration and labour minister Boulet walked back from his past comments during a debate a few days before. Saying that 80% of immigrants go to Montreal, don't work, don't speak French or don't adhere to the values of Quebec.[4]

In response to the controversy, Liberal leader Dominique Anglade called for his removal as minister. Éric Duhaime, the leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, called for Boulet to withdraw his candidacy.[5]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Trois-Rivières
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean Boulet	18,859	50.81	+9.74
	Québec solidaire	Steven Roy Cullen	6,069	16.35	-0.83
	Parti Québécois	Laurent Vézina	5,323	14.34	-1.09
	Conservative	Karine Pépin	4,552	12.26	+10.55
	Liberal	Adams Tekougoum	2,056	5.54	-17.3
	Climat Québec	Éric Trottier	148	0.40	–
	L'Union fait la force	Georges Samman	108	0.29	–
Total valid votes			37,115	98.69
Total rejected ballots			492	1.31
Turnout			37,607	68.72
Electors on the lists			54,728

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Trois-Rivières
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean Boulet	15,323	41.07	+18.79
	Liberal	Jean-Denis Girard	8,522	22.84	-16.32
	Québec solidaire	Valérie Delage	6,411	17.18	+8.68
	Parti Québécois	Marie-Claude Camirand	5,758	15.43	-12.96
	Green	Adis Simidzija	653	1.75
	Conservative	Daniel Hénault	639	1.71	+0.84
Total valid votes			37,306	98.04
Total rejected ballots			744	1.96
Turnout			38,050	70.22
Eligible voters			54,187
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.56
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

References

1. "Sonia LeBel, Jean Boulet et Simon Allaire élus" Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. L'Hebdo Journal, October 1, 2018.
2. Rochette, Marc (January 17, 2018). "Le frère de Julie Boulet dans la mire de la CAQ". Le Soleil. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
3. Leblanc, Audrey (October 18, 2018). "Sonia LeBel et Jean Boulet deviennent ministres". L’Hebdo du St-Maurice (in French). Retrieved January 22, 2025.
4. "'80 per cent of immigrants go to Montreal, don't work, don't speak French': CAQ immigration minister". September 28, 2022.
5. Patterson, Kelsey; Tenneriello, Tina (October 4, 2022). "CAQ François Legault re-elected premier of Quebec". CityNews Montreal. Retrieved January 22, 2025.

Quebec provincial government of François Legault