Jean D'Amour

Jean D'Amour (born 9 September 1963) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata in the National Assembly of Quebec. He won the riding in a by-election on 22 June 2009, and previously served as mayor of Rivière-du-Loup from 1999 to 2007.[1]

Jean D'Amour
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Rivière-du-Loup (2009–2012)
In office
22 June 2009 – 29 August 2018
Preceded byMario Dumont
Succeeded byDenis Tardif
Personal details
Born (1963-09-09) 9 September 1963
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMaryse Bourgoin

He was previously president of the Quebec Liberal Party,[1] and was also the party's candidate in Rivière-du-Loup for the 1994 and 2007 provincial elections.

He faced some controversy during the campaign, as he was arrested for impaired driving on 24 September 2008, and pleaded guilty on 19 December. His driver's license was suspended for one year.[2] He has also faced allegations that he violated provincial ethics laws by lobbying the municipal government of Rivière-du-Loup less than two years after leaving office.[3] Premier Jean Charest stood behind D'Amour, however, crediting him with being honest and forthcoming with the voters about his mistakes.[4]

D'Amour defeated the Parti Québécois candidate, former federal Member of Parliament Paul Crête, in the by-election. Crête had been considered the likely winner at the start of the by-election campaign, but was hurt by PQ leader Pauline Marois' public statements that she planned to create a favourable climate for Quebec sovereignty by intentionally seeking to inflame political tensions between Quebec and English Canada.[5]

He resigned the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent on 10 November 2009, following revelations that he was under investigation for allegedly accepting an envelope of money from a developer on behalf of Michel Morin, his successor as mayor of Rivière-du-Loup.[6][7] An investigation by the province's chief electoral officer cleared him of wrongdoing, and he was subsequently readmitted to the Liberal caucus on 24 December.[8]

Electoral record
1994 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Action démocratiqueMario Dumont13,30754.77–
Parti QuébécoisHarold LeBel6,60827.20-14.85
LiberalJean D'Amour4,22617.39-37.09
IndependentL. Richard Cimon990.41–
Natural LawArmand Pouliot550.23–
2007 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Action démocratiqueMario Dumont15,27658.47+1.24
LiberalJean D'Amour7,39028.29+4.53
Parti QuébécoisHugues Belzile2,82110.80-6.88
GreenMartin Poirier6392.45+1.12
Total valid votes 26,12699.20–
Total rejected ballots 2100.80–
Turnout 26,33678.27+5.61
Electors on the lists 33,648––
Quebec provincial by-election, June 22, 2009: Rivière-du-Loup
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJean D'Amour9,95947.49+20.50
Parti QuébécoisPaul Crête7,51435.83+21.63
Action démocratiqueGilberte Côté3,08914.73−37.04
GreenMartin Poirier1510.72−1.67
IndependentVictor-Lévy Beaulieu930.44−2.34
Québec solidaireBenoît Renaud890.42−1.44
Finance ReformDenis Couture400.19–
Parti indépendantisteÉric Tremblay370.18–
Total valid votes 20,97299.44
Total rejected ballots 1190.56
Turnout 21,09161.64−2.34
Electors on the lists 34,219
Called upon the resignation of Mario Dumont.
2012 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJean D'Amour15,31740.91-4.12
Parti QuébécoisMichel Lagacé12,87034.37-2.03
Coalition Avenir QuébecGaétan Lavoie6,94918.56+2.59
Québec solidaireStacy Larouche1,1162.98+1.93
GreenNadia Pelletier6471.73+0.74
Option nationaleJonathan St-Pierre4101.09–
Coalition pour la constituanteSylvain Potvin1350.36–
Total valid votes 37,44498.86–
Total rejected ballots 4301.14–
Turnout 37,87474.56  
Electors on the lists 50,795––
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
Liberal hold Swing -1.04
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJean D'Amour18,08651.69+10.78
Parti QuébécoisMichel Lagacé8,37823.95-10.42
Coalition Avenir QuébecCharles Roy5,79416.56-2.00
Québec solidaireLouis Gagnon2,1296.09+3.11
Parti des sans PartiFrank Malenfant3541.01+0.65*
Option nationaleÉtienne Massé2450.70-0.39
Total valid votes 34,98698.61–
Total rejected ballots 4941.39–
Turnout 35,48070.00-4.56
Electors on the lists 50,688––
* Result compared to Coalition pour la constituante
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

References
  1. Philip Authier, "Liberal Party chief's absence upstages Charest's speech". The Gazette, 23 May 2009.
  2. (in French) "Jean D'Amour coupable de conduite avec facultés affaiblies". radiocanada.ca, 5 March 2009.
  3. Don Macpherson, "About time: Charest has finally called by-elections to fill the seats vacated by Dumont and Jérôme-Forget" Archived 3 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. The Gazette, 21 May 2009.
  4. CJAD, 19 June 2009.
  5. Chantal Hébert, "PQ plan to anger us hints at desperation". Toronto Star, 22 June 2009.
  6. "Jean D'Amour leaves Liberal caucus". The Gazette, 10 November 2009.
  7. "Liberal MNA to sit as independent". CBC News. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. "Jean d'Amour rejoins Quebec Liberal caucus". CBC News. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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