Bernard Bigras

Bernard Bigras (born June 4, 1969) is a Canadian politician.

Bernard Bigras MP
Member of Parliament for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	riding renamed
Succeeded by	Alexandre Boulerice
Member of Parliament for Rosemont—Petite-Patrie
In office 2000–2004
Preceded by	riding renamed
Succeeded by	riding renamed
Member of Parliament for Rosemont
In office 1997–2000
Preceded by	Benoit Tremblay
Succeeded by	riding renamed
Personal details
Born	(1969-06-04) June 4, 1969 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence(s)	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Profession	Economist, political advisor

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Bigras was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2011, representing the district of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. He is the former caucus chair of the Bloc, and is a former critic of Children and Youth, Cultural Communities, and Citizenship and Immigration and Environment. Bigras is a former economist and political adviser.

Electoral record (incomplete)

2011 Canadian federal election: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Alexandre Boulerice	27,484	51.00		$34,354
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Bigras (incumbent)	17,702	32.84		$75,138
	Liberal	Kettly Beauregard	4,920	9.13		$11,976
	Conservative	Sébastien Forté	2,328	4.32		$5,770
	Green	Sameer Muldeen	899	1.67		none listed
	Rhinoceros	Jean-Patrick Berthiaume	417	0.77		$450
	Marxist–Leninist	Stéphane Chénier	140	0.26		none listed
Total valid votes			53,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			589
Turnout			54,479	66.47
Electors on the lists			81,961
Source: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2008 Canadian federal election: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Bigras	27,260	52.00		$51,364
	Liberal	Marjorie Théodore	9,785	18.67	–	$30,634
	New Democratic	Alexandre Boulerice	8,522	16.26		$23,296
	Conservative	Sylvie Boulianne	3,876	7.39		$85,754
	Green	Vincent Larochelle	2,406	4.59	–	$903
	neorhino.ca	Jean-Patrick Berthiaume	319	0.61	–	$270
	Marxist–Leninist	Stéphane Chénier	170	0.32		none listed
	N/A (Communist League)	Michel Dugré	83	0.16		$690
Total valid votes			52,421	100.00
Total rejected ballots			614
Turnout			53,035	64.65
Electors on the lists			82,037
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Italicized expenditure figures refer to totals submitted by the candidates and not reviewed by Elections Canada.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Bigras	29,336	55.99	-5.81	$51,157
	Liberal	Suzanne Harvey	8,259	15.76	-7.14	$14,665
	New Democratic	Chantal Reeves	6,051	11.55	+3.88	$9,537
	Conservative	Michel Sauvé	4,873	9.30	+6.21	$16,108
	Green	Marc-André Gadoury	3,457	6.60	+2.35	$3,983
	Marijuana	Hugô St-Onge	419	0.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,395	100.00	$81,617
Total rejected ballots			605	1.14
Turnout			53,000	64.02

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Bigras	31,224	61.80	+12.67	$52,350
	Liberal	Christian Bolduc	11,572	22.90	-10.93	$74,577
	New Democratic	Benoit Beauchamp	3,876	7.67	+4.68	$1,271
	Green	François Chevalier	2,145	4.25	+1.14	$913
	Conservative	Michel Sauvé	1,561	3.09	-3.99	$10,508
	Communist	Kenneth Higham	145	0.29	-0.20	$647
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,523	100.00	$81,229
Total rejected ballots			847	1.65
Turnout			51,370	61.54

1997 Canadian federal election: Rosemont
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Bigras	23,313	47.03	−12.05	$38,703
	Liberal	Françoise Guidi	15,952	32.18	+2.06	$35,564
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Bissonnette	7,727	15.59	+9.35	$14,735
	New Democratic	Fidel Fuentes	1,637	3.30	+1.15	$3,285
	Independent	Vicky Mercier	494	1.00		$229
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	447	0.90		$34
Total valid votes			49,570	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,543
Turnout			52,113	70.85
Electors on the lists			73,551
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. Percentage changes are factored for redistribution.

External links

• (in French) Bernard Bigras
• How'd They Vote?: Voting history and quotes
• Bernard Bigras – Parliament of Canada biography