Réjean Hébert OC is a Canadian politician and geriatrician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-François, first elected in the 2012 election,[1] he served as Minister of Health and Social Services in the government of Pauline Marois.[citation needed]
Réjean Hébert | |
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| Ministry of Health and Social Services | |
| In office September 19, 2012 – April 23, 2014 | |
| Premier | Pauline Marois |
| Preceded by | Yves Bolduc |
| Succeeded by | Gaétan Barrette |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-François | |
| In office September 4, 2012 – April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay |
| Succeeded by | Guy Hardy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 7, 1955 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois (before 2019) |
| Profession | Physician |
His narrow victory over Quebec Liberal Party candidate Nathalie Goguen was confirmed in a judicial recount on September 14, 2012.[1] He was defeated in the 2014 Quebec election by Liberal candidate Guy Hardy.
Hebert was dean of the School of Public Health at the Universite de Montreal.[citation needed]
In September 2019, Hébert was confirmed as the federal Liberal Party of Canada candidate in the Longueuil—Saint-Hubert electoral district. He won the nomination by acclamation,[2] but did not win the election.
Hébert was married and had children before coming out as gay at age 40.[3] He was one of three openly gay members of the National Assembly during his time in office, alongside Sylvain Gaudreault and Agnès Maltais.[4]
He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2023. He currently resides in Sherbrooke, Quebec.[5]
Electoral record
editFederal
edit| 2019 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 23,061 | 38.5 | +11.23 | $46,039.85 | |||
| Liberal | Réjean Hébert | 20,471 | 34.2 | +4.19 | $77,307.46 | |||
| Green | Pierre Nantel | 6,745 | 11.3 | +8.81 | $16,474.78 | |||
| New Democratic | Éric Ferland | 5,104 | 8.5 | –22.72 | $11,119.46 | |||
| Conservative | Patrick Clune | 3,779 | 6.3 | –2.44 | none listed | |||
| People's | Ellen Comeau | 467 | 0.8 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Pierre-Luc Fillon | 217 | 0.4 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,844 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,086 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,930 | 69.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,113 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +3.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
Provincial
edit| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Guy Hardy | 14,899 | 38.53 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Réjean Hébert | 12,725 | 32.91 | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Gaston Stratford | 6,607 | 17.09 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | André Poulin | 3,136 | 8.11 | |||||
| Green | Vincent J. Carbonneau | 478 | 1.24 | |||||
| Bloc Pot | Philippe Lafrance | 292 | 0.76 | |||||
| Option nationale | Étienne Boudou-Laforce | 265 | 0.69 | |||||
| Conservative | Marcel Collette | 181 | 0.47 | |||||
| Unité Nationale | Lionel Lambert | 82 | 0.21 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 38,665 | 98.52 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 581 | 1.48 | ||||||
| Turnout | 39,246 | 70.15 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,945 | – | ||||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Réjean Hébert | 15,303 | 36.34 | -5.70 | ||||
| Liberal | Nathalie Goguen | 15,238 | 36.18 | -9.29 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Eric Giroux | 7,607 | 18.06 | +9.20 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | André Poulin | 2,103 | 4.99 | +2.27 | ||||
| Option nationale | Gaby Machabée | 932 | 2.21 | |||||
| Green | Lindsay-Jane Gowman | 809 | 1.92 | +1.64 | ||||
| Unité Nationale | Lionel Lambert | 124 | 0.29 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,116 | 98.64 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 581 | 1.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 42,697 | 77.25 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,274 | – | – | |||||
| Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.80 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | 13,327 | 46.96 | +9.10 | |
| Parti Québécois | Réjean Hébert | 11,845 | 41.74 | +12.16 | |
| Action démocratique | Vincent Marmion | 2,230 | 7.86 | -15.99 | |
| Québec solidaire | Sandy Tremblay | 769 | 2.71 | -0.65 | |
| Independent | François Mailly | 210 | 0.74 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "Réjean Hébert confirmé dans Saint-François". La Presse (in French). 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Former PQ health minister Rejean Hebert confirmed as federal Liberal candidate". National Post. 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Réjean Hébert et Renelle Anctil s'unissent pour démystifier l'homosexualité". La Tribune, May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Absence d'élus libéraux gais : pas de problème pour Stéphanie Vallée". Ici Radio-Canada, June 26, 2016.
- ^ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2023". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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