Bernard Généreux | |
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Généreux in 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament forCôte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (2009–2025) | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | François Lapointe |
| In office November 9, 2009 – May 2, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Crête |
| Succeeded by | François Lapointe |
| Mayor ofLa Pocatière | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| Preceded by | André Théberge |
| Succeeded by | Sylvain Hudon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-04-23)April 23, 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Tracy Haw |
| Children | Tristan, Kaïla |
| Residence | Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec[1] |
| Profession | Entrepreneur |
| Source:BernardGenereux.ca (French) | |
Bernard GénéreuxMP (French pronunciation:[bɛʁnaʁʒeneʁø]; born April 23, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent theriding ofMontmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in theHouse of Commons in thefederal by-elections on November 9, 2009. He is a member of theConservative Party.[2]
Prior to his election, Généreux served as Mayor ofLa Pocatière. He was initially declared reelected in his riding in the2011 election, but it was announced on May 5, 2011, that verification of the polling station tallies had given the riding to hisNew Democratic Party opponentFrançois Lapointe by just five votes,[3] after 110 votes for Lapointe were reportedly allocated in error to theGreen Party candidate on election night.[4] Following ajudicial recount,[4] Lapointe was declared elected.[5] Généreux was again a candidate for the2015 election,[6] where he won with over 200 votes. He was re-elected in the2019 federal election.
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 28,873 | 45.84 | +0.95 | ||||
| Liberal | Rémi Massé | 19,097 | 30.32 | +11.26 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Diane Sénécal | 12,598 | 20.00 | -9.81 | ||||
| New Democratic | Iseult L'Heureux Hubert | 1,072 | 1.70 | -1.68 | ||||
| Green | Alexie Plourde | 682 | 1.08 | N/A | ||||
| People's | Jean-François Morin | 464 | 0.74 | +0.38 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Thibaud Mony | 206 | 0.33 | -0.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,992 | 98.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 967 | 1.51 | -0.48 | |||||
| Turnout | 63,959 | 66.80 | +5.28 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,745 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | -5.16 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 24,118 | 50.46 | +8.80 | $57,587.54 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Bérubé | 12,523 | 26.20 | -6.07 | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | François Lapointe | 8,371 | 17.51 | +1.22 | $18,377.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Sean English | 1,597 | 3.34 | -3.57 | $181.66 | |||
| Free | Nancy Rochon | 919 | 1.92 | – | $806.33 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Thibaud Mony | 269 | 0.56 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,797 | – | – | $110,137.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 60.86 | -4.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,533 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +7.44 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 20,989 | 41.65 | +11.66 | $60,089.97 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis Gagnon | 16,261 | 32.27 | +16.15 | $19,069.27 | |||
| Liberal | Aladin Legault d'Auteuil | 8,210 | 16.29 | -12.14 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Hugo Latulippe | 3,481 | 6.91 | -17.29 | none listed | |||
| Green | Denis Ducharme | 1,030 | 2.04 | +0.37 | none listed | |||
| People's | Serge Haché | 417 | 0.83 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,388 | 98.10 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 976 | 1.90 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,364 | 65.46 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,461 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -1.74 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 14,274 | 28.99 | -7.35 | $77,412.02 | |||
| Liberal | Marie-Josée Normand | 14,002 | 28.43 | +22.66 | $14,137.69 | |||
| New Democratic | François Lapointe | 11,918 | 24.20 | -12.16 | $42,243.41 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis Gagnon | 7,939 | 16.12 | -3.97 | $23,835.49 | |||
| Green | Chantal Breton | 823 | 1.67 | +0.22 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Bien Gras Gagné | 287 | 0.58 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,243 | 100.0 | $212,861.18 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 777 | 1.50 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,020 | 63.72 | +2.66 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,489 | |||||||
| Conservativegain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +4.81 | ||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount,[12] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Bernard Généreux over Marie-Josée Normand increased from 269 votes to 272 votes as a result of the recount.[13] | ||||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | François Lapointe | 17,285 | 36.36 | +31.58 | $1,995.19 | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 17,276 | 36.34 | -6.33 | $79,493.77 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nathalie Arsenault | 9,550 | 20.09 | -17.58 | $66,461.89 | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Caddell | 2,743 | 5.77 | -7.55 | $11,840.48 | |||
| Green | Lynette Tremblay | 691 | 1.45 | -0.21 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,545 | 100.0 | $87,227.52 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 677 | 1.40 | +0.48 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,222 | 61.06 | +24.13 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,969 | |||||||
| New Democraticgain fromConservative | Swing | +18.96 | ||||||
| This vote was subject to mandatory judicial recount due to the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes. The validated results resulted in Lapointe's victory by a margin of 5 votes. After the recount by a judge, M. Lapointe was confirmed the winner on 13 May 2011, this time by a margin of 9 votes. Changes are based on results from the 2009 by-election. | ||||||||
| Sources:[16][17] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election,November 9, 2009:Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 12,162 | 42.67 | +12.03 | $85,278.26 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nancy Gagnon | 10,737 | 37.67 | -8.36 | $74,821.57 | |||
| Liberal | Marcel Catellier | 3,768 | 13.22 | -2.13 | $28,252.66 | |||
| New Democratic | François Lapointe | 1,363 | 4.78 | -0.67 | $24,823.51 | |||
| Green | Charles Marois | 472 | 1.66 | -0.54 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 28,502 | 100.0 | $86,257 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 264 | 0.92 | -0.27 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,766 | 36.93 | -20.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,877 | |||||||
| Conservativegain fromBloc Québécois | Swing | +10.20 | ||||||
| By-election due to the resignation ofPaul Crête | ||||||||