Stéphane Bergeron

Stéphane Bergeron
MP for Verchères
In office 1993–2000
Preceded by	Marcel Danis
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MP for Verchères—Les Patriotes
In office 2000–2005
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Luc Malo
MNA for Verchères
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Preceded by	Bernard Landry
Personal details
Born	January 28, 1965 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois Parti Québécois
Spouse(s)	Johanne Dulude
Portfolio	Families

Stéphane Bergeron (born January 28, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verchères.

Bergeron has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a master's degree in the same domain from the Université Laval. Bergeron has been a political adviser and a teaching assistant at Laval in the department of political science. Bergeron also served in the Canadian Forces as a naval Cadet Instructor Cadre officer from 1984 to 1993.

Bergeron was a member of the Bloc Québécois in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Verchères—Les Patriotes from 2000 to November 9, 2005 and Verchères from 1993 to 2000. Bergeron held many positions as a Member of Parliament including whip of the Bloc and critic of Parliamentary Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council, Foreign Affairs, Industry, Science, Research, and Development, International Trade and Asia-Pacific.

He resigned his seat in the House and won a provincial by-election on December 12, 2005, under the Parti Québécois banner. He became the member for Verchères of the Quebec National Assembly succeeding former Quebec Premier Bernard Landry in that riding. He was reelected in the 2007 provincial election. He was named the PQ's critic in parks and environment but was later promoted to the portfolios of families and seniors.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2000: Verchères—Les Patriotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	28,696	52.29		$61,780
	Liberal	Mark Provencher	16,740	30.50	–	$37,677
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Grenier	3,859	7.03		$2,703
	Alliance	Stéphane Désilets	2,870	5.23		$336
	Marijuana	Jonathan Bérubé	1,643	2.99		none listed
	New Democratic	Charles Bussières	1,074	1.96		$980
Total valid votes			54,882	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,673
Turnout			56,555	69.13
Electors on the lists			81,810
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

External links

• How'd They Vote?: Stéphane Bergeron's voting history and quotes
• Stéphane Bergeron's Official Website
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Stéphane Bergeron – Parliament of Canada biography