Raymond Bachand
Raymond Bachand OC (born October 22, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus. He is the former Minister of Finance and Revenue in the majority government of Premier of Quebec Jean Charest, and was previously Minister for Tourism during the minority government mandate from April 2007 to October 2008, and Minister of economic development of innovation and export trade from his election until June 2009. Bachand is a former trade unionist. On August 26, 2013 Bachand resigned his seat.[1]
Raymond Bachand | |
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 Raymond Bachand announcing his candidacy for Quebec Liberal Party leadership | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Outremont | |
| In office December 12, 2005 – August 26, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Yves Séguin |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Couillard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1947 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Québec |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Profession | Attorney, professor |
| Cabinet | Minister of Finances and Revenue |
Early life and education
Bachand was educated at the Collège Stanislas, a private school. He obtained a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1969 and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1970. Bachand also completed a master's degree and a doctorate at Harvard Business School.
Before entering politics, he worked in several key positions including in the Quebec's public sector where he worked in the Ministry of Labour as well as in the premier's office. Bachand was a Quebec sovereignist during the 1980 referendum, and an organizer for the 'Yes' campaign. He changed his mind, and is now a Canadian federalist.[2]
He also taught at the École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal in the early 1970s.
He was once the vice-president of Culinar and Métro-Richelieu and was also president of Groupe Secor during the 1980s and 1990s. He was president-director general of the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ), a major union fund, between 1997 and 2001. He was also part of the administration of Montreal newspaper Le Devoir and member of Montreal's Chamber of Commerce.
Politics
Bachand was elected on December 12, 2005, in Outremont in a by-election after the retirement of former Finance Minister Yves Séguin. There was speculation that Bachand would also occupy that post, but he was awarded the portfolio of Economic Development.
Bachand was easily re-elected in the 2007 elections defeating Parti Québécois's Salim Laaroussi by nearly 6,000 votes. He was re-appointed as the minister of economic development, innovation and international trade and was also given the portfolios of tourism and the region of Montreal. Following the 2008 election, Bachand gave up the tourism portfolio to Laporte MNA Nicole Ménard. On April 8, 2009, following the retirement of Monique Jérôme-Forget, Bachand was named the new Finance Minister.[3]
With the defeat of the Liberal government of Jean Charest, Bachand was replaced by Nicolas Marceau of the Parti Québécois as Minister of Finance. He was a candidate to succeed Jean Charest as Liberal Party leader but lost to Philippe Couillard on March 17, 2013.[4]
On August 26, 2013 Bachand resigned his seat as MNA for Outremont.
Electoral record
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Raymond Bachand | 10,949 | 41.52 | -12.69 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Roxanne Gendron | 6,119 | 23.20 | -2.03 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Édith Laperle | 4,751 | 18.02 | +6.59 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Claude Michaud | 3,691 | 14.00 | +11.04 | ||||
| Option nationale | Luc Séguin | 451 | 1.71 | |||||
| Parti Nul | Mathieu Marcil | 243 | 0.92 | |||||
| Quebec Citizens' Union | Jonathan Moffatt | 120 | 0.46 | |||||
| Coalition pour la Constituante | Olga Sharonova | 47 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 26,371 | 99.08 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,616 | 68.21 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,022 | |||||||
| 2008 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Raymond Bachand | 10,569 | 54.21 | +7.18 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Sophie Fréchette | 6,119 | 25.23 | +1.73 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | May Chiu | 4,751 | 11.43 | +2.30 | ||||
| Green | Maxime Simard | 3,691 | 6.17 | -4.63 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Christian Collard | 451 | 2.96 | -5.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,498 | 98.96 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,702 | 48.49 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 40,627 | |||||||
| 2007 Quebec general election: Outremont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Raymond Bachand | 11,861 | 47.03 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Salim Laaroussi | 5,928 | 23.50 | |||||
| Green | Luc Côté | 2,725 | 10.80 | – | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sujata Dey | 2,303 | 9.13 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Pierre Harvey | 2,236 | 8.87 | |||||
| Independent | Romain Angeles | 101 | 0.40 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yvon Breton | 68 | 0.27 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,222 | 99.35 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 166 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,388 | 62.69 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 40,498 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. | ||||||||
| Quebec provincial by-election, December 12, 2005: Outremont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Raymond Bachand | 8,172 | 48.79 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Farouk Karim | 6,242 | 37.27 | |||||
| UFP | Omar Aktouf | 1,212 | 7.24 | – | ||||
| Green | Christopher Coggan | 750 | 4.48 | – | ||||
| Action démocratique | Raya Mileva | 338 | 2.02 | |||||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 35 | 0.21 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 16,749 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 89 | |||||||
| Turnout | 16,838 | 40.28 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 41,799 | |||||||
References
- "Quebec's former finance minister Raymond Bachand leaves politics". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 26, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
- "Quebec remembers 1st referendum – Montreal – CBC News". Archived from the original on May 23, 2010.
- Bachand succède à Jérôme-Forget | Politique | Radio-Canada.ca
- "Philippe Couillard wins Quebec Liberal leadership". The Canadian Press. March 17, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Monique Jérôme-Forget |
Minister of Finance 2009–2012 |
Succeeded by Nicolas Marceau |
| Preceded by Robert Dutil |
Minister of Revenue 2010–2012 |
Succeeded by Nicolas Marceau |
| Preceded by Claude Bechard |
Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Exports 2006–2009 |
Succeeded by Clément Gignac |
| Preceded by Francoise Gauthier |
Minister of Tourism 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by Nicole Menard |
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