Donald Martel is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2012 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Nicolet-Bécancour as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

Donald Martel
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet-Bécancour
Assumed office
4 September 2012
Preceded byJean-Martin Aussant[1]
Personal details
Born (1964-08-07) 7 August 1964 (age 60)
Grand-Mère, Quebec
Political partyCoalition Avenir Québec
Parti Quebecois (-2008)

Martel has a bachelor's degree in administration. He was selected as both secretary-treasurer and director general of the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC) in 1994, and continues to hold the first position as of 2009. He has also been the responsable administratif for the Centre local de développement (CLD) in Nicolet-Yamaska since 1998.[2] Between 1999 and 2003, he was president of l’Association des directeurs généraux des MRC du Québec.[3] He has also taken part in a local campaign against cannabis.[4]

Martel ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in Nicolet-Yamaska in the 2007 election, finishing second with 7,455 votes (28.32%) against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Éric Dorion. He resigned as president of the local Parti Québécois association in April 2008, arguing that his civic duties were inconsistent with partisan political activity.[5]

Electoral record

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2022 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Bécancour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel
Conservative Mario Lyonnais
Parti Québécois Philippe Dumas
Québec solidaire Jacques Thériault Watso
Liberal Marie-Josée Jacques
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists
2018 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Bécancour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 15,562 55.29 +16.65
Parti Québécois Lucie Allard 4,423 15.71 -6.55
Liberal Marie-Claude Durand 3,539 12.57 -15.24
Québec solidaire François Poisson 3,474 12.34 +4.42
Conservative Jessie Mc Nicoll 576 2.05 +0.54
Green Vincent Marcotte 403 1.43
Bloc Pot Blak D. Blackburn 170 0.6
Total valid votes 28,147 98.06
Total rejected ballots 556 1.94
Turnout 28,703 71.77 -2.43
Eligible voters 39,995
Coalition Avenir Québec hold Swing +11.6
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 11,168 38.64 +6.63
Liberal Denis Vallée 8,038 27.81 +5.34
Parti Québécois Jean-René Dubois 6,433 22.26 +3.72
Québec solidaire Marc Dion 2,290 7.92
Option nationale Marjolaine Lachapelle 638 2.21 -23.64
Conservative Guillaume Laquerre 333 1.15 +0.01
Total valid votes 28,900 98.27
Total rejected ballots 510 1.73
Turnout 29,410 74.20 -4.41
Electors on the lists 39,638
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 9,745 32.01 +4.65
Option nationale Jean-Martin Aussant 7,869 25.85
Liberal Marc Descôteaux 6,840 22.47 -11.51
Parti Québécois Gilles Mayrand 5,644 18.54 -16.24
Conservative Mathieu Benoit 348 1.14
Total valid votes 30,446 98.54
Total rejected ballots 450 1.46
Turnout 30,896 78.61  
Electors on the lists 39,304
  Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois Swing +10.44
2007 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique Éric Dorion 10,839 41.18 +18.64
Parti Québécois Donald Martel 7,455 28.32 -12.89
Liberal Yves Baril 6,770 25.72 -8.40
Québec solidaire Jean Proulx 1,121 4.26
Independent Simonne Lizotte 138 0.52 -0.02
Total valid votes 26,323 98.73
Rejected and declined votes 339 1.27
Turnout 26,662 77.73
Electors on the lists 34,301
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

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  1. ^ Nicolet-Yamaska
  2. ^ Mission-Palée Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, CLD Nicolet-Yamaska, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  3. ^ Donald Martel candidat du Parti Québécois dans Nicolet-Yamaska Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 12 February 2007, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  4. ^ Lutte au cannabis: Nicolet-Yamaska fournira des informations à la SQ Archived 3 September 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 7 May 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009; Mark Aubry, Six autres organismes joignent Stop Cannabis, Cyberpress.ca, 30 September 2009, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  5. ^ PQ: Donald Martel démissionne Archived 6 September 2012 at archive.today, La Nouvelle/L'Union, 7 April 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009.
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