Jean-Marc Robitaille

Jean-Marc Robitaille (born 11 September 1955) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993 and was the mayor of Terrebonne, Quebec from 1997 to 2016. His career was in real estate. On March 15, 2018, he was arrested by the Unité permanente anticorruption and faces criminal accusations of corruption and abuse of trust from his time as mayor.[1]

Jean-Marc Robitaille
Member of Parliament
for Terrebonne
In office
1988–1993
Preceded byRobert Toupin
Succeeded byBenoît Sauvageau
Personal details
Born (1955-09-11) 11 September 1955
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Équipe Robitaille
Professionreal estate

Born in Lévis, Quebec, Robitaille was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Terrebonne electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament after which he was defeated by Bloc Québécois candidate Benoît Sauvageau in the 1993 federal election.

He became mayor of Terrebonne on 2 November 1997 and was acclaimed for another term in the 2005 municipal election. He was subsequently re-elected in 2009,[2] and 2013.

Electoral record
1993 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau56,23568.9
LiberalClaire Brouillet14,62317.9-0.6
Progressive ConservativeJean-Marc Robitaille9,49611.6-41.1
New DemocraticRenée-Claude Lorimier8731.1-9.7
Commonwealth of CanadaChristian Chouery4450.5
Total valid votes 81,672 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Marc Robitaille35,34552.8-7.5
LiberalClaire Brouillet12,42218.5-7.7
IndependentRobert Toupin10,39015.5
New DemocraticLauraine Vaillancourt7,19410.7+1.9
RhinocerosAlain Cowboy De Lagrave1,6472.5
Total valid votes 66,998 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Toupin43,82260.30
LiberalJoseph-Roland Comtois (incumbent)19,04026.20
New DemocraticBrian Umansky6,4548.88
Parti nationalisteJean-A. Bonin3,0604.21
Commonwealth of CanadaClaude Brosseau2920.40
Total valid votes 72,668100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,634
Turnout 74,30274.93
Electors on the lists 99,162
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984.

References
  1. Fortin, Jean-Louis (15 March 2018). "Stratagème de corruption: cadeaux "importants" en échange de contrats publics" (in Canadian French). Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 17 March 2018..
  2. "Élections municipales à Terrebonne - le maire Jean-Marc Robitaille reconduit pour un 4e mandat (Municipal elections in Terrebonne - Mayor Jean-Marc Robitaille returned for a fourth term" (in French). City of Terrebonne. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.


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