Robert Carrier (born June 3, 1941) is a Canadian politician, engineer, political adviser, and a project coordinator. Carrier was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until 2011.
Robert Carrier | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Alfred-Pellan | |
| In office 2004–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Carole-Marie Allard |
| Succeeded by | Rosane Doré Lefebvre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1941 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence | Laval, Quebec |
| Profession | engineer, political adviser, project coordinator |
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Carrier was first elected in the 2004 federal election in the riding of Alfred-Pellan in Laval, Quebec. However, he was defeated in the 2011 election by NDP's Rosane Doré Lefebvre. Carrier stood as a candidate for the Parti Québécois in the Mille-Îles electoral district during the 2012 Quebec election. On election night, he placed second behind the winner, Francine Charbonneau of the Liberals.
Electoral record (partial)
edit| 2012 Quebec general election: Mille-Îles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Francine Charbonneau | 11,908 | 37.36 | -9.40 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Robert Carrier | 10,138 | 31.81 | -4.61 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean Prud'homme | 7,420 | 23.28 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Nicole Bellerose | 1,508 | 4.73 | +2.03 | ||||
| Green | Henrico Negro | 376 | 1.18 | -1.53 | ||||
| Option nationale | Alain Sénécal | 352 | 1.10 | |||||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 121 | 0.38 | |||||
| Union citoyenne | Carlos Silva | 52 | 0.16 | |||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Alfred-Pellan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rosane Doré Lefebvre | 23,098 | 42.09 | +30.06 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Robert Carrier | 12,504 | 22.79 | -16.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Angelo Iacono | 12,070 | 22.00 | -7.27 | ||||
| Conservative | Pierre Lefebvre | 6,157 | 11.22 | -5.04 | ||||
| Green | Dylan Perceval-Maxwell | 798 | 1.45 | -1.68 | ||||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 245 | 0.45 | -0.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,872 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 745 | 1.34 | -0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,617 | 65.91 | -0.14 | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +23.05 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Alfred-Pellan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Robert Carrier | 20,686 | 38.83 | −4.14 | $59,983 | |||
| Liberal | Wilson Saintelmy | 15,594 | 29.27 | +1.68 | $51,830 | |||
| Conservative | Alexandre Salameh | 8,662 | 16.26 | −2.66 | $72,184 | |||
| New Democratic | Cynthia Roy | 6,406 | 12.03 | +4.92 | $3,131 | |||
| Green | Tristan Desjardins Drouin | 1,665 | 3.13 | −0.28 | $325 | |||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 259 | 0.49 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 53,272 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 737 | 1.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,009 | 66.05 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 81,766 | |||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Alfred-Pellan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Robert Carrier | 26,239 | 49.20 | +6.65 | $38,963 | |||
| Liberal | Carole-Marie Allard | 21,116 | 39.59 | −5.18 | $70,978 | |||
| Conservative | Rosane Raymond | 2,703 | 5.07 | −3.21 | $10,199 | |||
| New Democratic | Benjamin Le Bel | 1,849 | 3.47 | +2.48 | $2,108 | |||
| Green | Louis-Philippe Verenka | 1,132 | 2.12 | +0.98 | $0 | |||
| Independent | Yves Denois | 204 | 0.38 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 89 | 0.17 | −0.27 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 53,232 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,128 | 2.07 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,460 | 67.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,148 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.92 | ||||||
| Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election. | ||||||||