Nathalie Rochefort

Nathalie Rochefort
MNA for Mercier
In office
2001–2003
Preceded by Robert Perreault
Succeeded by Daniel Turp
Personal details
Born 1970
Quebec City
Political party Liberal

Nathalie Rochefort is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mercier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2001 to 2003.

A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was elected in a by-election on April 9, 2001, following the resignation of Robert Perreault. She was defeated by Daniel Turp of the Parti Québécois in the 2003 election. She ran again in the 2007 election, but was not re-elected.

Rochefort is also a long-time member of the federal New Democratic Party (the Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada). She endorsed Brian Topp for the leader of the party in 2012.[1]

Electoral record

Federal
Canadian federal election, 1993: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisPierrette Venne 34,959 56.90 $35,450
LiberalAngéline Fournier 19,615 31.92 $61,363
     Progressive Conservative Jean Lesage 4,520 7.36 $20,526
New DemocraticNathalie Rochefort 903 1.47 $0
Natural LawJean Cerigo 868 1.41 $0
NationalClaude Alain 339 0.55 $1,581
Commonwealth of CanadaBruno Lipke 240 0.39 $0
Total valid votes 61,444 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,495
Turnout 63,939 81.54
Electors on the lists 78,418
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.
Provincial
Quebec provincial by-election, April 9, 2001: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalNathalie Rochefort 5,953 34.66 +6.24
Parti QuébécoisClaudel Toussaint 4,915 28.62 −26.76
     Independent Paul Cliche 4,163 24.24 -
Action démocratiqueAndré Larocque 1,077 6.27 −2.62
Bloc PotPierre Audette 890 5.18 +2.07
     No designation Man Yee Cheung 67 0.39 -
     Independent Charles Robidoux 50 0.29 -
     No designation Michel Prairie 32 0.19 -
     Independent Régent Millette 27 0.16 -
Total valid votes 17,174 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 352
Turnout 17,526 41.09
Electors on the lists 42,651
Quebec general election, 2003: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisDaniel Turp 13,334 45.26 +16.64
LiberalNathalie Rochefort 8,414 28.56 −6.10
UFPAmir Khadir 5,278 17.92 -
Action démocratiqueVivian Goulder 1,855 6.30 +0.03
Bloc PotLyne Rivard 579 1.97 −3.21
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec general election, 2007: Mercier
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisDaniel Turp 9,426 33.35 −11.91
Québec solidaireAmir Khadir 8,303 29.38 +11.46
LiberalNathalie Rochefort 5,601 19.82 −8.74
GreenSylvain Valiquette 2,398 8.48
Action démocratiqueGabriel Tupula Yamba 2,381 8.42 +2.12
Bloc PotNicky Tanguay 156 0.55 −1.42
Total valid votes 28,265 99.17
Total rejected ballots 237 0.83
Turnout 28,502 69.32
Electors on the lists 41,115
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Notes and references

  1. "The former Quebec Liberal MNA Nathalie Rochefort is supporting Brian Topp", briantopp.ca, March 5, 2012 (archive)

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