Christian Jobin

Christian Jobin (born April 7, 1952) is a Canadian politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the district of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière from 2003 to 2004. He has been a Liberal.[1]

Jobin was the mayor of St-Étienne-de-Lauzon from 1993 to 2001.[1] He ran in the 1998 provincial election in Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, but was defeated.[1] He also ran for mayor in Lévis in 2001 but he was defeated by Jean Garon.

In 2003, Jobin won a by-election and became a Member of Parliament.[2][3] In 2004 though, the number of Liberal MPs from Quebec significantly decreased and Jobin lost the merged seat of Lévis—Bellechasse to Bloc Québécois candidate Réal Lapierre.[1] He is a former accountant, and is married with 5 children.[1]

Canadian federal by-election, 16 June 2003
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalChristian Jobin13,11555.6
Bloc QuébécoisMaxime Fréchette8,27435.1
New DemocraticLouise Foisy9874.2
Progressive ConservativeYohan Nolet5372.3
GreenYonnel Bonaventure2541.1
AlliancePhilippe Bouchard2200.9
MarijuanaBenjamin Kasapoglu1860.8
Called upon Dubé's resignation, 17 March 2003.

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