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Jean-Marc Robitaille

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Jean-Marc Robitaille
Member of Parliament
for Terrebonne
In office
1988–1993
Preceded byRobert Toupin
Succeeded byBenoît Sauvageau
Personal details
Born (1955-09-11) 11 September 1955 (age 71)
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
PartyProgressive Conservative
Équipe Robitaille
Professionreal estate

Jean-Marc Robitaille (born 11 September 1955) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993 and was the mayor of Terrebonne, Quebec from 1997 to 2016. His career was in real estate. On March 15, 2018, he was arrested by the Unité permanente anticorruption and faces criminal accusations of corruption and abuse of trust from his time as mayor.[1]

Born in Lévis, Quebec, Robitaille was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Terrebonne electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament after which he was defeated by Bloc Québécois candidate Benoît Sauvageau in the 1993 federal election.

He became mayor of Terrebonne on 2 November 1997 and was acclaimed for another term in the 2005 municipal election. He was subsequently re-elected in 2009,[2] and 2013.

Electoral record

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1993 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau58,03068.87
LiberalClaire Brouillet15,10217.92-0.62
Progressive ConservativeJean-Marc Robitaille9,82511.66-41.09
New DemocraticRenée-Claude Lorimier9001.07-9.67
Commonwealth of CanadaChristian Chouery4030.48
Total valid votes 84,26095.50
Total rejected ballots 3,9734.50+2.09
Turnout 88,23379.12+5.29
Eligible voters 111,511
Bloc Québécois gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +54.98
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]
1988 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Marc Robitaille35,34552.76-7.55
LiberalClaire Brouillet12,42218.54-7.66
IndependentRobert Toupin10,39015.51
New DemocraticLauraine Vaillancourt7,19410.74+1.86
RhinocerosAlain Cowboy De Lagrave1,6472.46
Total valid votes 66,99897.59
Total rejected ballots 1,6552.41+0.21
Turnout 68,65373.84-1.09
Eligible voters 68,653
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.06
Source: Elections Canada[4]

References

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  1. ↑ Fortin, Jean-Louis (15 March 2018). "Stratagème de corruption: cadeaux "importants" en échange de contrats publics" (in Canadian French). Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 17 March 2018..
  2. ↑ "Élections municipales à Terrebonne - le maire Jean-Marc Robitaille reconduit pour un 4e mandat (Municipal elections in Terrebonne - Mayor Jean-Marc Robitaille returned for a fourth term" (in French). City of Terrebonne. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "1993 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Thirty-Fourth General Election, 1988: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-56648-3.
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