Jean-François Roberge | |
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 Roberge in 2024 | |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec forChambly | |
| Assumed office April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Bertrand St-Arnaud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-06-17)17 June 1974 (age 51) |
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| Residence(s) | Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada |
Jean-François RobergeMNA is aCanadian politician who was elected to theNational Assembly of Quebec in the2014 election.[1] He represents the electoral district ofChambly as a member of theCoalition Avenir Québec and is the former Education Minister. He was replaced byBernard Drainville in October 2022.
He was also the party's candidate inVachon in the2012 election.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Roberge was an elementary school teacher, as well as a regular commentator on education issues forTVA's morning talk showDeux filles le matin. He published a young adult novel,Francis perdu dans les méandres, in 2010.
Under Roberge's term as Minister of Education, the government showed plans to replace theEthics and religious culture,[2][3] with a new curriculum which would shift the focus from religion toward culture and citizenship.[4]
Also as Minister Roberge saw The CAQ government passing bill 40 which saw the French and English school boards being replaced withSchool service centres.[5][6] The abolishing of school boards is said to save the government more than $10 million.[6][7] Their reason for this is to try to improve the quality of education in Quebec.[7]
The Englishschool boards of Quebec invoked Article 23 of theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, which is the official language minority education rights.[5] They take legal action to get exempted from Bill 40.[5]
In December 6, 2022: Minister Roberge tabled a bill that would make theOath of Allegiance to the King optional for members of the National Assembly (MNAs).[8][9][10] That bill passed on December 9, 2022.
Roberge was replaced byBernard Drainville in October 2022.
As at October 2025, Roberge is the current Minister for Immigration,[11] Minister for the French Language,[12] and Minister of Secularism[13] in the government of François Legault.
In August 2025, Roberge introduced a bill to ban prayer in public, citing "a proliferation of street prayer".
In September 2025, Roberge announced that the provincial government and municipal governments would be directed to stop using gender-inclusive suffixes, alternatives, and doublets in official communications.[12]
| 2022 Quebec general election:Chambly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean-François Roberge | |||||||
| Parti Québécois | Marie-Laurence Desgagné | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | Vincent Michaux-St-Louis | |||||||
| Conservative | Daniel Desnoyers | |||||||
| Liberal | Lina Yunes | |||||||
| Climat Québec | Sanae Chahad | – | ||||||
| Démocratie directe | Caroline Boisvert | – | ||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election:Chambly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean-François Roberge | 18,940 | 50.26 | +16.02 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Christian Picard | 6,564 | 17.42 | -15.67 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Francis Vigeant | 6,177 | 16.39 | +9 | ||||
| Liberal | François Villeneuve | 4,599 | 12.2 | -10.01 | ||||
| Green | Camille B. Jannard | 683 | 1.81 | +0.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Guy L'Heureux | 309 | 0.82 | +0.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Létourneau | 180 | 0.48 | |||||
| Bloc Pot | Benjamin Vachon | 167 | 0.44 | |||||
| CINQ | Gilles Guindon | 66 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,685 | 98.64 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 518 | 1.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,203 | 75.35 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 50,699 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québechold | Swing | +15.85 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean-François Roberge | 12,130 | 34.24 | +0.08 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Bertrand St-Arnaud | 11,722 | 33.09 | -7.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Magdala Ferdinand | 7,869 | 22.21 | +5.73 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Francis Vigeant | 2,618 | 7.39 | +2.40 | ||||
| Green | Mary Harper | 392 | 1.11 | -0.58 | ||||
| Parti nul | Vincent Dessureault | 353 | 1.00 | |||||
| Option nationale | Martin Laramée | 200 | 0.56 | -1.47 | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Maher | 140 | 0.40 | -0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,424 | 98.65 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 483 | 1.35 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 35,907 | 76.62 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 46,866 | – | – | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québecgain fromParti Québécois | Swing | +3.56 | ||||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Bertrand St-Arnaud | 15,104 | 40.13 | -3.45 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Martin Trudeau | 12,857 | 34.16 | +17.32 | ||||
| Liberal | Julie Tremblay | 6,203 | 16.48 | -15.14 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Anne Poussard | 1,878 | 4.99 | +2.38 | ||||
| Option nationale | Martin Laramée | 765 | 2.03 | |||||
| Green | Nicolas Lescarbeau | 633 | 1.68 | -1.26 | ||||
| Conservative | Daniel Nicol | 199 | 0.53 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,639 | 98.95 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 400 | 1.05 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 38,039 | 83.50 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 45,554 | – | – | |||||
| Parti Québécoishold | Swing | -10.39 | ||||||
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