Sylvain Lévesque

Sylvain Lévesque
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chauveau
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2018
Preceded byVéronyque Tremblay
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Vanier-Les Rivières
In office
4 September 2012 – 5 March 2014
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byPatrick Huot
Personal details
Born (1973-11-30) November 30, 1973 (age 51)
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
Political partyCoalition Avenir Québec
Residence(s)Quebec City, Quebec
OccupationColumnist

Sylvain Lévesque (born November 30, 1973, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian politician, who serves as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec. First elected for the riding of Vanier-Les Rivières in the 2012 election,[2] he was defeated in the 2014 election.[3] He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2018 election, representing the district of Chauveau.[4]

Lévesque was a columnist with Le Journal de Québec publication from 2016 to 2018 where he blogged under the title "spin doctor".[5][6] After being announced as a candidate for Chauveau; the Le Journal de Montreal kept his blog because his positions "can be disputable, his analyzes of political strategies are worth the detour".[7][8]

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election: Chauveau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Sylvain Lévesque 20,292 46.84 -0.22
Conservative Éric Duhaime 13,794 31.84 +23.23
Québec solidaire Jimena Ruiz Aragon 3,816 8.81 -1.54
Parti Québécois Charles-Hubert Riverin 3,307 7.63 -1.57
Liberal Igor Pivovar 1,651 3.81 -18.66
Parti nul Renaud Blais 213 0.49 –
Climat Québec Christine Lepage 201 0.46 –
Équipe Autonomiste Nicolas Bouffard Savoie 44 0.10 –
Total valid votes 43,318 98.59
Total rejected ballots 619 1.41
Turnout 43,937 75.68
Eligible voters 58,059
Source(s)
electionsquebec.qc.ca
2018 Quebec general election: Chauveau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Sylvain Lévesque 18,424 47.06 +13.37
Liberal Véronyque Tremblay 8,797 22.47 -18.9
Québec solidaire Francis Lajoie 4,052 10.35 +6.95
Parti Québécois Jonathan Gagnon 3,603 9.2 -6.22
Conservative Adrien D. Pouliot 3,371 8.61 +3.69
Green Sabir Isufi 613 1.57
New Democratic Mona Belleau 286 0.73
Total valid votes 39,146 98.03
Total rejected ballots 787 1.97
Turnout 39,933 70.80
Eligible voters 56,405
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +16.14
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election: Vanier-Les Rivières
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Patrick Huot 18,398 43.64
Coalition Avenir Québec Sylvain Lévesque 14,535 34.48
Parti Québécois Marc Dean 6,337 15.03
Québec solidaire Monique Voisine 1,920 4.55
Conservative Jean-Alex Martin 564 1.34
Option nationale Mathieu Fillion 400 0.95
Total valid votes 42,154 98.74
Total rejected ballots 539 1.26
Turnout 42,693 76.00
Electors on the lists 56,404 –
2012 Quebec general election: Vanier-Les Rivières
Party Candidate Votes %
Coalition Avenir Québec Sylvain Lévesque 16,333 37.92
Liberal Patrick Huot 15,002 34.83
Parti Québécois Marc Dean 8,038 18.66
Québec solidaire Monique Voisine 1,371 3.18
Option nationale Mathieu Filion 924 2.15
Green Jean-François Morency 569 1.32
Conservative Daniel Brisson 362 0.84
Independent Carl Côté 322 0.75
Équipe Autonomiste Jean-François Morency 146 0.34
Total valid votes 43,067 98.85
Total rejected ballots 504 1.15
Turnout 43,570 78.67
Electors on the lists 55,380 –

References

  1. ^ "Sylvain Lévesque - National Assembly of Quebec". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sylvain Lévesque élu dans Vanier-Les Rivières". Québec Hebdo (in French). 4 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Results of Provincial By-election in Marie-Victorin electoral division".
  4. ^ "CAQ wins big in Quebec City region". CBC News Montreal, 1 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Sylvain | Le Journal de Québec".
  6. ^ "Page 1 | Sylvain | Le Journal de Québec". journaldequebec.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. ^ Savard-Tremblay, Simon-Pierre. "Sylvain Lévesque (re)plonge dans l'arène". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  8. ^ Lévesque, Sylvain. "Trudeau a fait de moi un conservateur". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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