Joël Arseneau
Joël Arseneau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Îles-de-la-Madeleine as a member of the Parti Québécois.
Joël Arseneau | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Germain Chevarie |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Parti Québecois |
Arseneau previously served as mayor of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine from 2005 to 2013.[2] He was removed from office on fraud charges resulting from delayed expense claim payments.[3] Although he was acquitted of the charges on the grounds that the issue was a personal accounting error rather than a deliberate attempt to defraud the municipality, he was barred in 2015 from running for municipal office for five years,[4] leading to some controversy when his selection as a Parti Québécois candidate for the provincial legislature was announced.[5]
Electoral record
| 2018 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Joël Arseneau | 2,956 | 38.69 | -1.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Maryse Lapierre | 2,935 | 38.41 | -11.66 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Robert Boudreau-Welsh | 1,036 | 13.56 | +7.52 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Yves Renaud | 714 | 9.34 | +6.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,641 | 98.05 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 1.95 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 7,793 | 72.63 | -4.38 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 10,729 | – | – | |||||
References
- "Quebec 2018 election: Final results and winners by riding". CTV Montreal, October 2, 2018.
- "Magdalen mayor says land erosion threatens island links". Edmonton Journal, December 2, 2007.
- "Le maire des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Joël Arseneau, comparaît en cour lundi: Le maire des Îles-de-la-Madeleine en cour". Canadian Press, March 5, 2012.
- "Joël Arseneau devra patienter". Ici Radio-Canada, January 27, 2015.
- "Quebec election: Man barred from municipal posts fit to be MNA, PQ says". Montreal Gazette, September 19, 2018.