Carole-Marie Allard
Canadian politician
Carole-Marie Allard
In office Preceded by Maud Debien Succeeded by District abolished (2003)
Born (1949-09-06 ) September 6, 1949Dolbeau , Quebec , CanadaDied March 18, 2024(2024-03-18) (aged 74)Laval, Quebec , Canada Political party Liberal
Carole-Marie Allard (September 6, 1949 – March 18, 2024[ 1] Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of Canada 's House of Commons . She represented the riding of Laval East from 2000 to 2004. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the vice-chair of the Special Committee on Non-medical use of drugs. She lost the 2004 election to Robert Carrier of the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Alfred-Pellan .
She was a lawyer , press attaché , designer , organizer and presenter of media management training programs, a spokesperson for a corporation, and she was journalist , writer and producer .
She was the stepmother of Mélanie Joly who is a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ahuntsic-Cartierville and also serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Justin Trudeau .
Partial electoral record
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.
2000 Canadian federal election : Laval East
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal Carole-Marie Allard 26,018
44.77
+12.66
$69,391
Bloc Québécois Mathieu Alarie
24,726
42.55
+4.09
$71,179
Progressive Conservative André G. Plourde
2,459
4.23
−23.93
none listed
Alliance Rosane Raymond
2,354
4.05
–
$877
Marijuana Christian Lajoie
892
1.53
–
$157
Green Frédéric Gauvin
660
1.14
–
$108
New Democratic Sujata Dey
573
0.99
−0.28
none listed
Independent Régent Millette
255
0.44
–
none listed
Marxist–Leninist Gabriel Cornellier-Brunelle
178
0.31
–
$10
Total valid votes
58,115 97.4
Total rejected ballots
1,535 2.6
Turnout
59,650 68.7
Eligible voters
86,759
Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois
Swing
+4.29
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
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