Sébastien Schneeberger
Sébastien Schneeberger | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Drummond–Bois-Francs | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office September 4, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Yves-François Blanchet[1] |
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Drummond | |
In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008 | |
Preceded by | Normand Jutras |
Succeeded by | Yves-François Blanchet |
Personal details | |
Born | (1973-08-03) August 3, 1973 (age 50) Moutier, Switzerland |
Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Other political affiliations | Action démocratique du Québec |
Sébastien Schneeberger (born August 3, 1973) is a Canadian politician and was elected the Coalition Avenir Québec member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Drummond–Bois-Francs in the 2012 Quebec election. Earlier, he served as the Action démocratique du Québec MNA in Drummond from 2007 to 2008.
Personal life
Schneeberger was born in Moutier, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, and moved to Canada at the age of 10; his father is a Swiss immigrant.[2]
Schneeberger obtained a college diploma in agricultural exploitation and management in 1994. He worked at a local farm in the Bois-Francs region for over 10 years and later worked as a trucker, technical adviser, sales adviser and manufacturing agent for various businesses in Drummondville. He also a founder for the young businesspeople association in the Centre-du-Quebec region.
Political career
Schneeberger was first elected in the 2007 election with 39% of the vote. Parti Québécois incumbent Normand Jutras, who was running for a fourth term, finished second with 33% of the vote. Schneeberger took office on April 12, 2007 and was named the critic for aboriginal affairs until a Shadow Cabinet shuffle in May 2008.[3] He was defeated by Yves-François Blanchet of the Parti Québécois in the 2008 election; following the electoral redistribution that preceded the 2012 election, Schneeberger won election in the new Drummond–Bois-Francs riding, while Blanchet was simultaneously reelected in the neighbouring riding of Johnson.
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | |||||||
Conservative | Myriam Cournoyer | |||||||
Parti Québécois | Emrick Couture-Picard | |||||||
Québec solidaire | Tony Martel | |||||||
Liberal | Pierre Poirier | |||||||
Green | Marco Beauchesne | – | ||||||
Équipe Autonomiste | Steve Therion | |||||||
Total valid votes | – | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Electors on the lists | – | – |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | 19,577 | 56.3 | +16.38 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Lannïck Dinard | 5,221 | 15.01 | +8.8 | ||||
Liberal | Kevin Deland | 4,527 | 13.02 | -12.21 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Diane Roy | 4,360 | 12.54 | -13.75 | ||||
Conservative | Francois Picard | 733 | 2.11 | +1.27 | ||||
Independent | Sylvain Marcoux | 250 | 0.72 | |||||
Équipe Autonomiste | Steve Therion | 106 | 0.3 | |||||
Total valid votes | 34,774 | 97.76 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 798 | 2.24 | ||||||
Turnout | 35,572 | 68.82 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 51,691 | |||||||
Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +3.79 | ||||||
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |
2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | 13,600 | 39.92 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Daniel Lebel | 8,958 | 26.29 | |||||
Liberal | Isabelle Chabot | 8,595 | 25.23 | |||||
Québec solidaire | Francis Soulard | 2,116 | 6.21 | |||||
Parti nul | Frédéric Bélanger | 361 | 1.06 | |||||
Conservative | François Picard | 285 | 0.84 | |||||
Option nationale | Alexandre Phénix | 155 | 0.45 | |||||
Total valid votes | 34,070 | 98.34 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 575 | 1.66 | ||||||
Turnout | 34,645 | 69.23 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 50,041 | – |
2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Sébastien Schneeberger | 13,879 | 37.59 | +12.78 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Annie Jean | 11,374 | 30.80 | -1.28 | ||||
Liberal | Marie Désilets | 8,230 | 22.29 | -17.25 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Francis Soulard | 1,607 | 4.35 | +0.86 | ||||
Option nationale | Martin Allard | 950 | 2.57 | |||||
Conservative | François Picard | 421 | 1.14 | |||||
Independents | Pierre Hébert | 355 | 0.96 | |||||
Unité Nationale | Robert Dufour | 107 | 0.29 | |||||
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.53 |
^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ change is from ADQ
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Parti Québécois | Yves-Francois Blanchet | 11,480 | 34.40 | ||
Liberal | Jacques Sigouin | 10,860 | 32.54 | ||
Action démocratique | Sébastien Schneeberger | 9,757 | 29.23 | ||
Québec solidaire | Luce Daneau | 1,279 | 3.83 |
Footnotes
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.