Lionel Carmant MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Taillon as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[2]
Lionel Carmant | |
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 Carmant in 2023 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Taillon | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Diane Lamarre |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| Residence(s) | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | Physician |
As Associate Minister for Health in October 2018, Carmant announced that the government will tighten the rules on cannabis consumption, including increasing the legal age to consume to 21 from 18.[3]
Electoral record
edit| 2022 Quebec general election: Taillon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Lionel Carmant | |||||||
| Parti Québécois | Andrée-Anne Bouvette-Turcot | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | |||||||
| Liberal | Omar Cissé | |||||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Marc Boyer | |||||||
| Climat Québec | Frédéric Ouellet | – | ||||||
| L'Union fait la force | Pierre Savignac | – | ||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Taillon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Lionel Carmant | 12,186 | 33.76 | +9.54 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Diane Lamarre | 10,138 | 28.08 | -5.72 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 6,382 | 17.68 | +6.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Mohammed Barhone | 6,042 | 16.74 | -13.24 | ||||
| Green | Mel-Lyna Cadieux Walker | 766 | 2.12 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jonathan Leduc | 349 | 0.97 | |||||
| Conservative | Gerardin Verty | 235 | 0.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,098 | 98.38 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 595 | 1.62 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,693 | 69.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 53,083 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +7.63 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Ian Lafrenière, Lionel Carmant, Gaétan Barrette, Nicole Ménard et Catherine Fournier élus". Le Courrier du Sud, October 2, 2018.
- ^ "Lionel Carmant - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ "CAQ wants to hike legal age for cannabis to 21 by March, minister says". Montreal Gazette, October 24, 2018.
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