Emmanuel Dubourg

Emmanuel Dubourg MP CPA
Member of Parliament for Bourassa
Incumbent
Assumed office November 25, 2013
Preceded by	Denis Coderre
Member of the Quebec National Assembly for Viau
In office April 25, 2007 – August 9, 2013
Preceded by	William Cusano
Succeeded by	David Heurtel
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1958 Saint-Marc, Haiti
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Other political affiliations	Quebec Liberal Party
Residence	Montreal, Quebec
Alma mater	Université du Québec à Montréal
Profession	Chartered Accountant and teacher

Emmanuel Dubourg (born December 26, 1958) is a Quebec politician, chartered accountant and teacher. He was the Member of National Assembly for the riding of Viau from 2007 until 2013. Dubourg is the third black MNA to be a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Quebec's first black MNA was Jean Alfred, as a member of the Parti Québécois, elected in 1976. On November 25, 2013 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election to become the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Montreal riding of Bourassa.

Early life and education

Born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, he emigrated to Canada in 1974.

Dubourg obtained a Master of Business Administration at Université du Québec à Montréal and has been a member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec since 1987.

Career

He was a teacher at Université du Québec à Montréal, Université du Québec en Outaouais and CEGEP Montmorency. Dubourg has been honoured with several awards and citations for his work over the years, including the Governor General's Medal, the Innovation and Excellence prize from Revenue Canada in 1992 and the Black History Month Award in 2006 for his work in the Black Community.

Political career

Dubourg won his seat in the 2007 Quebec Provincial Election, succeeding former Liberal MNA William Cusano. After the election, was named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity, a portfolio held by Sam Hamad. He was re-elected in the 2008 and 2012 general elections.

He resigned on August 9, 2013 to run for the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination in a by-election for the riding of Bourassa, triggered by incumbent Denis Coderre resigning to make an ultimately successful bid for mayor of Montreal. He was elected on November 25, 2013 with 47% of the votes. He served as the National Revenue Critic for the Liberals, but was not promoted to Cabinet when the Liberals won the 2015 election.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	22,234	54.1	+5.92	–
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Léveillé	7,049	17.1	+4.08	–
	New Democratic	Dolmine Laguerre	6,144	14.9	-16.54	–
	Conservative	Jason Potasso-Justino	3,819	9.3	-4.65	–
	Green	Maxime Charron	886	2.2	+0.19	–
	Independent	Julie Demers	669	1.6	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	229	0.6	–	–
	Strength in Democracy	Jean-Marie Floriant Ndzana	99	0.2	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,129	100.0		$203,709.09
Total rejected ballots			859	–	–
Turnout			41,988	59.2	–
Eligible voters			70,815
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Bourassa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	8,825	48.12	+7.21	$ 86,108.33
	New Democratic	Stéphane Moraille	5,766	31.44	−0.84	87,240.19
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Duranleau	2,387	13.02	−3.04	81,591.19
	Conservative	Rida Mahmoud	852	4.65	−4.17	21,442.95
	Green	Danny Polifroni	368	2.01	+0.40	34,300.92
	Rhinoceros	Serge Lavoie	140	0.76		216.08
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,338	100.0	–	$ 89,016.17
Total rejected ballots			295	1.58	−0.19
Turnout			18,633	26.22	−28.90
Eligible voters			69,527
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.05
By-election due to the resignation of Denis Coderre.
Source(s)  "November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013. "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports (as reviewed)". Retrieved October 29, 2014.

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	11,788	47.28	-11.33
	Parti Québécois	Gabriel Arbieto Munayco	5,900	23.66	-2.52
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Walid Hadid	3,103	12.44	+5.95*
	Québec solidaire	Geneviève Fortier-Moreau	2,873	11.52	+6.51
	Option nationale	Simon-Pierre Bélanger	740	2.97	–
	Green	Eric Perreault-Chamberland	530	2.13	-1.59
Total valid votes			24,934	98.48	–
Total rejected ballots			384	1.52	–
Turnout			25,318	62.35	+17.83
Electors on the lists			40,605	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.40

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	10,705	58.60	+6.68
	Parti Québécois	Martine Banolok	4,783	26.18	+4.45
	Action démocratique	Martin Fournier	1,186	6.49	-10.22
	Québec solidaire	Rosa Matilde Dutra	915	5.01	+0.06
	Green	Michel Cummings	678	3.71	-0.99
Total valid votes			18,267	98.03	–
Total rejected ballots			368	1.97	–
Turnout			18,635	44.52	-14.81
Electors on the lists			41,859	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	12,917	51.92	-13.21
	Parti Québécois	Naima Mimoune	5,406	21.73	-0.87
	Action démocratique	Sylvie Fontaine	4,157	16.71	+7.86
	Québec solidaire	Valérie Lavoie	1,231	4.95	+3.54*
	Green	Simon Bernier	1,169	4.70	–
Total valid votes			24,880	98.39	–
Total rejected ballots			407	1.61	–
Turnout			25,287	59.33	-3.48
Electors on the lists			42,619	–	–

* Result compared to UFP

References

1. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Bourassa, 30 September 2015
2. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Biography of Emmanuel Dubourg
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.