Brent St. Denis
Brent J. St. Denis (born May 27, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2008, originally representing Algoma and later its successor ridings of Algoma—Manitoulin and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing.
Brent St. Denis | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Algoma | |
| In office January 17, 1994 – 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Maurice Foster |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin | |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | |
| In office 2004 – September 7, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Carol Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 27, 1950 Blind River, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Martine Fabris |
| Residence | Spanish, Ontario, Canada |
Born in Blind River, Ontario, St. Denis is a former executive assistant, industrial engineer, and teacher.
He is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Transport, and also served as chair of the standing committee on industry, science, and technology, and the subcommittee on agenda and procedure of the standing committee on industry, science and technology.
St. Denis was defeated by Carol Hughes of the New Democratic Party in the 2008 federal election.
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Electoral record
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 15,249 | 45.49 | +10.98 | $91,893 | |||
| Liberal | Brent St. Denis | 10,902 | 32.53 | -5.65 | $90,379 | |||
| Conservative | Dianne Musgrove | 5,914 | 17.64 | -5.70 | $8,989 | |||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 1,451 | 4.32 | +1.65 | $5,448 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 33,516 | 100.00 | $97,228 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.52 | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,691 | 56.53 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Brent St. Denis | 14,652 | 38.18 | −2.76 | $52,836 | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 13,244 | 34.51 | +2.82 | $51,642 | |||
| Conservative | Ian West | 8,957 | 23.34 | +0.13 | $65,745 | |||
| Green | Stan Hutchinson | 1,025 | 2.67 | −1.40 | $647 | |||
| First Peoples National | Will Morin | 338 | 0.88 | – | $829 | |||
| Independent | Donald Polmateer | 164 | 0.43 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 38,380 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,596 | 63.99 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 60,311 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||