Nicole Roy-Arcelin
Nicole Roy-Arcelin (born 12 October 1941) is a Canadian politician, a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993 and a city councillor in Montreal.
Nicole Roy-Arcelin | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ahuntsic | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Preceded by | riding re-established |
| Succeeded by | Michel Daviault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1941 Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | André Arcelin |
| [1][2] | |
Background
She was born on 12 October 1941 in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Prior to her election, she was pursuing a career in nursing. Her background also includes special events arrangement and performances as a singer. Her husband is André Arcelin, a doctor who emigrated from Haiti in 1964.[2]
Federal politics
She became the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the district of Ahuntsic electoral district in 1988. She served in the 34th Canadian Parliament. She was defeated by Bloc Québécois candidate Michel Daviault in the 1993 election.
After losing her seat, she made three unsuccessful attempts at a political comeback in federal politics, coming third each time:
- In a 1996 by-election in the district of Papineau—Saint-Michel; Liberal candidate Pierre Pettigrew won.
- In Ahuntsic in 1997; Liberal Eleni Bakopanos won.
- In LaSalle—Émard against Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2004; Martin won. Roy-Arcelin ran in this election as the candidate of the re-formed Conservative Party, which had been formed the previous year through the merger of her former party, the Progressive Conservatives, with the Canadian Alliance.
City politics
She ran as the Vision Montreal candidate for city councillor in the district of Jean-Rivard in 1998 against incumbent Daniel Boucher, winning with 39% of the vote. During her term in municipal office, she served on Pierre Bourque's executive committee.[3] However she lost her bid for re-election to a candidate of Mayor Gérald Tremblay's party in 2001.
Electoral record (partial)
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Ahuntsic | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | 21,748 | 42.45 | $43,166 | ||||
| Liberal | Raymond Garneau | 21,056 | 41.09 | $45,688 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vincent Guadagnano | 5,638 | 11.00 | $5,347 | ||||
| Green | Michel Limoges | 1,131 | 2.21 | $655 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Daniel Roumain I Muresan | 1,042 | 2.03 | $0 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 343 | 0.67 | $130 | ||||
| Communist | Suzanne Dagenais | 203 | 0.40 | $18 | ||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Denis Tremblay | 77 | 0.15 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,238 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 845 | |||||||
| Turnout | 52,083 | 77.85 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 66,906 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988. | ||||||||
Footnotes
- Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Globe and Mail Publishing. Spring 1992.
- McGovern, Sheila (23 November 1988). "Personal touch helped little-known Tory beat Garneau". Montreal Gazette. p. 1.
- Van Praet, Nicolas (19 August 2000). "Who speaks for city Haitians? I do, Andre Arcelin says". Montreal Gazette. p. B1.
References
- "Vision Montréal: Nicole Roy-Arcelin profile". Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2006.