Rhéal Fortin
| Rhéal Fortin MP | |
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| Leader of the Bloc Québécois Interim | |
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Assumed office October 22, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Duceppe |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rivière-du-Nord | |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Dionne Labelle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Laval, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Rhéal Fortin is a Canadian lawyer, politician and interim leader of the Bloc Québécois. A lawyer by profession, he is the president of Bissonnette Fortin Giroux, a law firm in Saint-Jérôme. He studied law at University of Sherbrooke. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2015 election in Rivière-du-Nord as a member of the Bloc Québécois.[1]
Fortin was named interim leader of the Bloc Québécois on October 22, 2015 following the resignation of Gilles Duceppe as leader after Duceppe was unable to win a seat in the October 19, 2015 federal election.[2]
Biography
Fortin started working when he was 18. He completed a CEGEP electrician's diploma, equivalent to junior college. He was a worker in a factory in Laval from 1977 to 1985, at which time he left to attend university to study law. After completing his legal education, he began practising law in Saint-Jérôme in 1992.
Political career
He has been politically active ever since high school, when he volunteered to put up lawn signs for the Parti Québécois. He ran for the Parti Québécois nomination for the election for the National Assembly of Quebec for Prévost, but lost to Gilles Robert. In 2015 he ran for the Bloc Québécois in the riding Rivière-du-Nord and won. He became the interim leader of Bloc Québécois on October 22, 2015.[3]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Rivière-du-Nord | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Rhéal Fortin | 18,157 | 32.05 | +3.85 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre Dionne Labelle | 17,077 | 30.14 | -24.98 | – | |||
| Liberal | Janice Bélair Rolland | 14,933 | 26.36 | +19.91 | – | |||
| Conservative | Romain Vignol | 4,793 | 8.46 | +0.03 | – | |||
| Green | Joey Leckman | 1,436 | 2.53 | +0.74 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Fobozof A. Côté | 261 | 0.46 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,657 | 100.0 | $229,198.01 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,044 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 57,701 | 65.13 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 88,586 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +14.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Rhéal Fortin, nouveau député de Rivière-du-Nord". Louis-Xavier Michaud. TopoLocal Saint-Jérôme. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Gilles Duceppe Stepping Down, Will Be Replaced By Rheal Fortin". Huffington Post. Canadian Press. October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ↑ http://stjerome.topolocal.ca/2015/10/10/conversation-rheal-fortin/
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Rivière-du-Nord, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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