Chris d'Entremont | |
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 d’Entremont in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forAcadie—Annapolis West Nova (2019–2025) | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Fraser |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Chair of Committees of the Whole | |
| In office 24 November 2021 – 28 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Stanton |
| Succeeded by | Tom Kmiec |
| Member of theNova Scotia House of Assembly forArgyle-Barrington Argyle (2003–2013) | |
| In office 5 August 2003 – 31 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Neil LeBlanc |
| Succeeded by | Colton LeBlanc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher André d'Entremont (1969-10-31)October 31, 1969 (age 56) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal (since 2025) |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Residence(s) | Belleville, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation | Politician |
Christopher André d'EntremontECNS MP (born 31 October 1969) is a Canadian politician who is themember of Parliament (MP) forAcadie—Annapolis. A member of theLiberal Party, d'Entremont was first elected to represent the riding (then known as West Nova) in 2019 as a Conservative, beforecrossing the floor in 2025. He representedArgyle-Barrington in theNova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2019 as a member of theNova Scotia Progressive Conservatives and served as a provincial cabinet minister. d'Entremont served asdeputy speaker and chair ofCommittees of the Whole from 2021 to 2025, the firstAcadian member to do so.
Born inYarmouth, Nova Scotia, d'Entremont graduated fromLoyalist College with a diploma in radio broadcasting in 1992.[1]
Before his election in 2003, d'Entremont worked as an announcer atCJLS-FM. Later, he was employed by TriStar Industries, as an electronics salesperson and then for Camille d'Eon Boatbuilders. He was also a development officer for the South West Shore Development Authority.[citation needed]
d'Entremont was first elected MLA forArgyle in the2003 election,[2] and re-elected in the2006,[3]2009,[4]2013[5] and2017 elections.[6] In August 2003, d'Entremont was appointed to theExecutive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Minister of Acadian Affairs.[7] He later served as Minister of Health,[8] Minister of Community Services,[9] Minister responsible for the Youth Secretariat, and Chair of the Senior Citizens' Secretariat. He briefly served as the interim Minister of Finance following the death ofMichael Baker in March 2009.[10] Those duties were shifted toJamie Muir seven days later.[11]
In November 2018, d'Entremont announced he was seeking theConservative nomination inWest Nova for the2019 federal election.[12][13] He won the nomination in June 2019.[14] d'Entremont resigned his provincial seat in July 2019.[15]
On21 October 2019, d'Entremont was elected as the Member of Parliament in West Nova, defeatingLiberal candidate Jason Deveau (the incumbent MP, LiberalColin Fraser, did not seek re-election). He was the only non-Liberal MP elected from Nova Scotia[16] and representing the easternmost riding among Conservatives elected in the 2019 federal election.
In 2019, Conservative leaderAndrew Scheer appointed d'Entremont to be Shadow Minister of Official Languages and a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. He served as Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs inErin O'Toole's Shadow Cabinet. D'Entremont also sat as a member of the Standing Committee on Health.
On20 September 2021, d'Entremont was re-elected as the MP for West Nova, defeating Liberal challenger Alxys Chamberlain by almost 20 percentage points. He was appointed as deputy speaker in November.[17]
On28 April 2025, he won re-election in the newly renamedAcadie—Annapolis riding against former provincial Liberal MLARonnie LeBlanc. He was the sole member of his party to win a federal riding in Nova Scotia in the 2025 election.[18] On November 4, 2025, he left theConservative Party and crossed the floor to join theLiberals in support of Prime MinisterMark Carney's government, citing issues with the leadership of Conservative Party leaderPierre Poilievre.[19][20][21] This decision sparked passionate responses from constituents and other members of Parliament.[22] d'Entremont's party crossing came shortly after thetabling ofBudget 2025, and with his crossing, the Liberalminority government became two seats away from forming amajority government.[23][24] Shortly after the floor crossing theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police launched an investigation into online threats made against d'Entremont.[25]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Acadie—Annapolis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 23,024 | 47.67 | −3.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Ronnie LeBlanc | 22,491 | 46.57 | +15.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ingrid Deon | 1,768 | 3.66 | −9.03 | ||||
| Green | Matthew Piggott | 583 | 1.21 | N/A | ||||
| People's | James Strange | 432 | 0.89 | −4.41 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,298 | 99.36 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 311 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,609 | 72.72 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 66,847 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | −9.76 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[26][27] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:West Nova | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 22,104 | 50.38 | +11.09 | $84,677.20 | |||
| Liberal | Alxys Chamberlain | 13,732 | 31.30 | -5.08 | $58,947.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Cheryl Burbidge | 5,645 | 12.87 | +2.16 | $2,097.31 | |||
| People's | Scott Spidle | 2,390 | 5.45 | – | $977.39 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,871 | 99.36 | – | $111,398.28 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 284 | 0.64 | -0.44 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,155 | 62.35 | -5.10 | |||||
| Registered voters | 70,823 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +8.08 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[28] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:West Nova | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 18,390 | 39.30 | +13.21 | $72,015.22 | |||
| Liberal | Jason Deveau | 17,025 | 36.38 | −26.61 | $53,630.92 | |||
| Green | Judy N. Green | 5,939 | 12.69 | +8.52 | $12,854.70 | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew Dubois | 5,010 | 10.71 | +3.96 | $6,668.83 | |||
| Veterans Coalition | Gloria Jane Cook | 434 | 0.93 | New | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,798 | 98.92 | $105,785.41 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 512 | 1.08 | +0.49 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,310 | 67.45 | −1.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,143 | |||||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +19.91 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[29] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 4,031 | 65.08 | +10.39 | |
| Liberal | Louis d'Entremont | 1,840 | 29.71 | -10.67 | |
| New Democratic Party | Greg Foster | 323 | 5.21 | +0.28 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 3,935 | 54.69 | -9.45 | |
| Liberal | Kent Blades | 2,905 | 40.38 | +23.49 | |
| New Democratic Party | Kenn Baynton | 355 | 4.93 | -12.35 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 2,817 | 64.14 | -3.51 | |
| New Democratic Party | Melvin Huskins | 759 | 17.28 | +5.90 | |
| Liberal | Lionel Leblanc | 742 | 16.89 | -2.67 | |
| Green | Barb Lake | 74 | 1.68 | +0.27 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 3,158 | 67.65 | +19.70 | |
| Liberal | Christian Surette | 913 | 19.56 | -20.33 | |
| New Democratic Party | Charles Muise | 531 | 11.38 | -0.79 | |
| Green | Patty Doucet-Saunders | 66 | 1.41 | Ø | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Chris d'Entremont | 2,345 | 47.95 | -29.06 | |
| Liberal | Aldric Benoit d'Entremont | 1,951 | 39.89 | +24.34 | |
| New Democratic Party | Charles Muise | 595 | 12.17 | +5.66 | |
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