Réal Ménard

Réal Ménard
Member of Parliament
for Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
In office
1993–2004
Preceded by Allan Koury
Succeeded by riding dissolved
Member of Parliament
for Hochelaga
In office
2004–2009
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Daniel Paillé
Borough Mayor of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Montreal City Councillor
Assumed office
January 1, 2010
Preceded by Lyn Thériault
Personal details
Born (1962-05-13) May 13, 1962
Montreal, Quebec
Political party Bloc Québécois
Coalition Montréal
Vision Montréal (formerly)
Residence Montreal
Profession Political scientist

Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian Member of Parliament to come out as gay (the first being Svend Robinson).[1]

Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A. degrees and also holds his law degree from the University of Ottawa.

Federal politics

He first stood for federal office in the 1984 federal election as candidate for the small Parti nationaliste du Québec in Hochelaga–Maisonneuve. Defeated in this first try, he contested the riding in the 1993 election for the new and larger Bloc Québécois. He was elected, and re-elected in the riding in the 1997 and 2000 elections. Following redistricting, he was re-elected in the new riding of Hochelaga in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 federal elections.

Early in his parliamentary career, he served variously as Bloc critic for Health, for science, research and development, for Labour, for National Defence, and for the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec. From 1998 to June 29, 1999, he was critic for Citizenship and Immigration and for public housing.

The next day, he again became critic for health, in which capacity he has served since. During three sessions, Ménard has been vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Health. On September 14, 2001, he took on additional critic responsibility for the Montreal region.

In March 2006 he was shuffled from the health critic position to become the Bloc Québécois justice critic.

Municipal politics

In June 2009, Ménard announced that he was resigning from the House of Commons, effective September 16, in order to run as a Vision Montreal candidate for borough mayor of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal's 2009 municipal election.[2] Prior to his first election to the House of Commons, he was a political assistant to Louise Harel, Vision Montreal's 2009 candidate for Mayor of Montreal, when she was a provincial MNA.[3]

He won election to the borough mayoralty on November 1, 2009.[4]

Electoral record (incomplete)

Municipal
2009 Montreal municipal election results: Borough Mayor, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Federal
Canadian federal election, 2008: Hochelaga
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 22,720 49.73 −5.85 $28,893
LiberalDiane Dicaire 9,442 20.67 +3.43 not listed
New DemocraticJean-Claude Rocheleau 6,600 14.45 +5.54 $21,479
ConservativeLuc Labbé 4,201 9.20 −3.01 $8,586
GreenPhilippe Larochelle 1,946 4.26 −0.60 not listed
neorhino.caSimon Landry 230 0.50 – not listed
CommunistMarianne Breton Fontaine 184 0.40 $898
MarijuanaBlair T. Longley 183 0.40 −0.32 not listed
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 177 0.39 −0.09 not listed
Total valid votes 45,683 100.00
Total rejected ballots 644
Turnout 46,327 58.24 −0.07
Electors on the lists 79,542
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 2006: Hochelaga
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 25,570 55.58 −4.54 $25,836
LiberalVicky Harvey 7,932 17.24 −8.39 $10,318
ConservativeAudrey Castonguay 5,617 12.21 +8.15 $30,705
New DemocraticDavid-Roger Gagnon 4,101 8.91 +3.42 $2,780
GreenRolf Bramann 2,235 4.86 +1.88 none listed
MarijuanaBlair T. Longley 332 0.72 −0.33 none listed
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 220 0.48 +0.23 none listed
Total valid votes 46,007 100.00
Total rejected ballots 723
Turnout 46,730 58.31 +0.52
Electors on the lists 80,142
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 2004: Hochelaga
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 27,476 60.12 +9.60 $35,055
LiberalBenoit Bouvier 11,712 25.63 −10.06 $22,566
New DemocraticDavid Gagnon 2,510 5.49 +3.55 $695
ConservativeMario Bernier 1,856 4.06 −3.33 $2,131
GreenRolf Bramann 1,361 2.98 $963
MarijuanaAntoine Théorêt-Poupart 482 1.05 – none listed
CommunistPierre Bibeau 190 0.42 $647
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 112 0.25 none listed
Total valid votes 45,699 100.00
Total rejected ballots 936
Turnout 46,635 57.79
Electors on the lists 80,702
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative figures from 2000. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 2000: Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 21,250 49.20 +3.18 $59,310
LiberalLouis Morena 16,143 37.38 +3.17 $52,743
     Progressive Conservative Benoit Harbec 1,751 4.05 −11.86 $497
AllianceStephanie Morency 1,502 3.48 $365
MarijuanaAlex Néron 1,227 2.84 – none listed
New DemocraticMilan Mirich 767 1.78 +0.05 none listed
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 275 0.64 −0.29 $10
CommunistPierre Bibeau 274 0.63 $187
Total valid votes 43,189 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,385
Turnout 44,574 58.69 −13.87
Electors on the lists 75,947
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 1997: Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 21,938 46.02 $51,213
LiberalDenise Malo 16,308 34.21 – $32,101
     Progressive Conservative Charles Boudreault 7,583 15.91 $2,329
New DemocraticMilan Mirich 825 1.73 $0
Natural LawRichard Lauzon 577 1.21 $0
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 444 0.93 $142
Total valid votes 47,675 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,188
Turnout 49,863 72.56
Electors on the lists 68,720
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 1993: Hochelaga—Maisonneuve
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 26,170 61.37 $31,198
LiberalJules Léger 10,675 25.03 – $11,028
     Progressive Conservative Allan Koury 3,723 8.73 $43,692
New DemocraticPaul Vachon 1,050 2.46 $2,715
Natural LawRichard Lauzon 588 1.38 $15
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 259 0.61 $80
Commonwealth of CanadaSteve Bélanger 180 0.42 $0
Total valid votes 42,645 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,857
Turnout 44,502 74.24
Electors on the lists 59,945
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

References

  1. ↑ Bull, Chris (2002-09-17). "Northern enlightenment: Canada has something to teach the U.S. when it comes to equal recognition of gay and lesbian relationships". The Advocate. Archived from the original on May 6, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Bloc MP runs for municipal politics". CTV News, June 25, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Harel bolsters lineup with Bloc MP". The Gazette, June 25, 2009.
  4. ↑ Montreal Civic Vote 2009: Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. cbc.ca, November 1, 2009.

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