Raymond Côté (born January 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Beauport—Limoilou as a member of the New Democratic Party.[2]
Raymond Côté | |
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| Shadow Minister for Small Business and Tourism | |
| In office May 26, 2011 – April 18, 2012 | |
| Leader | Jack Layton Nycole Turmel |
| Preceded by | Navdeep Bains Gerry Byrne |
| Succeeded by | Francois Lapointe |
| Member of Parliament for Beauport—Limoilou | |
| In office 2011–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Boucher |
| Succeeded by | Alupa Clarke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 10, 1967 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Public servant |
Prior to being elected, Côté worked for Services Québec. He ran unsuccessfully in Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in both the 2006 and 2008 elections. Côté has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université Laval in economics and international relations. In the 2018 New Democratic Party of Quebec leadership election, Côté stood for leadership of the restarted provincial-level NDP, but he lost to Raphaël Fortin.[3]
Electoral history
edit| 2018 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sol Zanetti | 10,304 | 34.68 | 20.58[4] | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Christiane Gamache | 9,635 | 32.43 | 8.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Gertrude Bourdon | 5,305 | 17.86 | -19.41 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Claire Vignola | 2,764 | 9.30 | -13.10 | ||||
| Conservative | Anne Deblois | 520 | 1.75 | 0.96 | ||||
| New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 399 | 1.34 | New | ||||
| Green | Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille | 342 | 1.15 | New | ||||
| Parti nul | Charles Verreault-Lemieux | 192 | 0.65 | -0.58 | ||||
| Citoyens au pouvoir | Marie-Pierre Deschênes | 153 | 0.51 | New | ||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie | 52 | 0.18 | New | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 44 | 0.15 | 0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,710 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Swing | – | ||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Alupa Clarke | 15,461 | 30.58 | 5.3 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 12,881 | 25.48 | -20.42 | – | |||
| Liberal | Antoine Bujold | 12,854 | 25.41 | 19.06 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Doni Berberi | 7,467 | 14.77 | -5.37 | – | |||
| Green | Dalila Elhak | 1,220 | 2.41 | 0.55 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Francis Bedard | 423 | 0.84 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 128 | 0.25 | 0.02 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Bladimir Laborit | 124 | 0.25 | – | $1,075.02 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,558 | 100.0 | $213,227.45 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 941 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 51,499 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,601 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | 12.86 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 24,306 | 46.07 | 33.85 | ||||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boucher | 13,845 | 26.24 | -10.52 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Michel Létourneau | 10,250 | 19.43 | -13.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Lorraine Chartier | 3,162 | 5.99 | -8.37 | ||||
| Green | Louise Courville | 950 | 1.80 | -0.98 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Anne-Marie Genest | 124 | 0.24 | - | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 122 | 0.23 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,759 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 843 | 1.57 | -0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,602 | 63.26 | 3.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,738 | – | – | |||||
References
edit- ^ Election 2011: Beauport—Limoilou. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
- ^ "Provincial NDP looks to make Quebec comeback as leadership race draws to a close". CBC. December 16, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "Provincial NDP elects Raphaël Fortin to lead party into fall election". CBC. January 21, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Percentage change calculated from combined result of Quebec solidaire and Option nationale at the 2014 election.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Beauport—Limoilou, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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