Jean-Claude Poissant

Jean-Claude Poissant
Jean-Claude Poissant
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
	In office; December 2, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Minister	Lawrence MacAulay
Preceded by	Gerald Keddy
Succeeded by	Neil Ellis
Member of Parliament; for La Prairie
	In office; October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	district re-established
Succeeded by	Alain Therrien
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 63–64); Saint-Philippe, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal

Jean-Claude Poissant (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ klod pwasɑ̃]; born 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of La Prairie in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015^[1] until his defeat in the 2019 election. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. During his tenure, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.^[2] Poissant is a fourth-generation dairy and grain farmer and, prior to his election to the House of Commons, served as a municipal councillor.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Therrien	25,707	41.8	+15.56	$16,299.46
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	22,504	36.6	+0.14	$58,876.52
	Conservative	Isabelle Lapointe	5,540	9.0	-2.91	none listed
	New Democratic	Victoria Hernandez	4,744	7.7	-15.18	$0.10
	Green	Barbara Joannette	2,565	4.2	+2.05	$362.15
	People's	Gregory Yablunovsky	393	0.6	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	100	0.2	-0.15	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,553	100.0
Total rejected ballots			886
Turnout			62,439	71.95
Eligible voters			86,779
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.71
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	20,993	36.46	+23.24	–
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Picard	15,107	26.24	+0.51	–
	New Democratic	Pierre Chicoine	13,174	22.88	-27.08	–
	Conservative	Yves Perras	6,859	11.91	+2.46	–
	Green	Joanne Tomas	1,235	2.15	+0.69	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	204	0.35	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,572	100.00		$218,081.80
Total rejected ballots			996	1.70	–
Turnout			58,568	71.15	–
Eligible voters			82,318
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.16
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Huntingdon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Carole Mallette	13,664	46.64	+8.95
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	4,214	14.39	-20.84
	Conservative	François Gagnon	3,923	13.39	+12.02
	Parti Québécois	Nathan Leblanc	3,522	12.02	+0.99
	Québec solidaire	Emmanuelle Perras	3,265	11.15	-1.57
	Green	José Bro	367	1.25	-0.29
	Canadian	Raymond Frizzell	339	1.16	–
Total valid votes			29,294	98.71
Total rejected ballots			384	1.29
Turnout			29,678	64.27	-3.33
Electors on the lists			46,178
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		–