Claude Sabourin
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Claude Sabourin (born October 9, 1961) is a Canadian politician, educator, and author. He was elected as leader of the Green Party of Quebec in November 2010.
Sabourin has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] He joined the Green Party in 2002 and has been a party candidate in two federal and three provincial elections. The provincial party's president from 2004 to 2006, he has also written a book entitled, Le Parti Vert: Pour une politique du 21e siècle.[2] Sabourin was a party worker and part-time school teacher when he sought the party's leadership.[3]
Sabourin was elected as leader of the Quebec Green Party on November 20, 2010, narrowly defeating rival candidate Paul-André Martineau on the second ballot.[4] In January 2011, he called for a moratorium on the harvesting of shale gas.[5]
Electoral record[edit]
- Provincial
Quebec general election, 2008: Argenteuil | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | David Whissell | 10,843 | 49.58 | +11.99 | ||||
Parti Québécois | John Saywell | 7,353 | 33.62 | +7.78 | ||||
Action démocratique | Michael Perzow | 2,457 | 11.24 | −18.41 | ||||
Green | Claude Sabourin | 760 | 3.48 | −1.19 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Loïc Kauffeisen | 456 | 2.09 | −0.16 | ||||
Total valid votes | 21,869 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 346 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,215 | 54.17 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 41,006 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 2007: Argenteuil | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | David Whissell | 10,025 | 37.59 | −15.74 | ||||
Action démocratique | Georges Lapointe | 7,906 | 29.65 | +11.21 | ||||
Parti Québécois | John Saywell | 6,891 | 25.84 | +0.93 | ||||
Green | Claude Sabourin | 1,244 | 4.67 | +2.58 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Guy Dufresne | 600 | 2.25 | +1.02 | ||||
Total valid votes | 26,666 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 248 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,914 | 68.52 | +2.06 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 39,278 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 2003: Argenteuil | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | David Whissell | 12,645 | 53.33 | +10.86 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Georges Lapointe | 5,906 | 24.91 | −17.18 | ||||
Action démocratique | Sylvain Demers | 4,372 | 18.44 | +5.57 | ||||
Green | Claude Sabourin | 496 | 2.09 | - | ||||
Bloc Pot | Yannick Charpentier | 292 | 1.23 | +0.01 | ||||
Total valid votes | 23,711 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 280 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,991 | 66.46 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 36,101 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
- Federal
Canadian federal election, 2006: Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Mario Laframboise | 27,855 | 52.13 | −5.27 | $55,659 | |||
Conservative | Suzanne Courville | 12,461 | 23.32 | +16.28 | $41,061 | |||
Liberal | François-Hugues Liberge | 7,171 | 13.42 | −13.45 | $12,534 | |||
New Democratic | Alain Senécal | 3,466 | 6.49 | +3.45 | $1,480 | |||
Green | Claude Sabourin | 2,480 | 4.64 | −0.46 | $1,166 | |||
Total valid votes | 53,433 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 846 | 1.56 | ||||||
Turnout | 54,279 | 62.66 | +2.33 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 86,627 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | −10.8 | ||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
Canadian federal election, 2004: Argenteuil—Mirabel | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Mario Laframboise | 28,228 | 57.40 | +14.41 | $60,403 | |||
Liberal | Yves Sabourin | 13,214 | 26.87 | −15.55 | $39,904 | |||
Conservative | David H. McArthur | 3,460 | 7.04 | −2.36 | $7,918 | |||
Green | Claude Sabourin | 2,510 | 5.10 | $1,090 | ||||
New Democratic | Elisabeth Clark | 1,493 | 3.04 | +2.00 | none listed | |||
Christian Heritage | Laurent Filion | 202 | 0.41 | none listed | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Michael O'Grady | 69 | 0.14 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes | 49,176 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,119 | |||||||
Turnout | 50,295 | 60.33 | −1.31 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 83,364 | |||||||
Sources: Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
- Leadership contests
Candidate | Place | |
---|---|---|
Quebec Green Party leadership convention | ||
November 20, 2010 | ||
Claude Sabourin | 1st | |
Paul-André Martineau | 2nd | |
Louise Martineau | 3rd | |
Note: Sabourin defeated Paul-André Martineau by 50.5% to 49.5% on the second ballot. |
Source: Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010.
References[edit]
- ↑ Canada Votes 2006: Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Isabelle Houle, "Claude Sabourin se présente à la chefferie du Parti vert," fr.canoe.ca, 14 September 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ↑ Michel Moyneur, "Gaz de schiste: le Parti Vert du Québec demande un moratoire" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, La Revue, 4 January 2011, accessed 20 January 2011.
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