Nancy Charest

Nancy Charest
Nancy Charest
MNA for Matane
In office
2003–2007
Preceded by Matthias Rioux
Succeeded by Pascal Bérubé
Personal details
Born November 28, 1959
Political party Liberal
Residence Matane, Quebec
Occupation lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic

Nancy Charest (born November 28, 1959 in Matane, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Matane in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was defeated by Pascal Bérubé of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 provincial election.

She ran as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for the district of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in the 2008 federal election. She lost to Bloc Québécois incumbent Jean-Yves Roy, but received the highest vote percentage of any non-winning Liberal candidate in the province outside of the Montreal area.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Bloc Québécois Jean-Yves Roy 11,977 37.5% -8.5%
     Liberal Nancy Charest 11,368 35.6% +22.5%
     Conservative Jérôme Landry 5,743 18.0% -11.7%
     New Democrat Julie Demers 1,497 4.6% -1.6%
     Green Louis Drainville 1,139 3.5% +0.8%
     Independent Liliane Potvin 175 0.5% -1.8%
Total valid votes 31,899
Turnout 43.6%
     Bloc Québécois hold Swing -15.5
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 7,830 39.10
     Liberal Nancy Charest 7,617 38.04
     Action démocratique Donald Grenier 3,980 19.88
     Québec solidaire Brigitte Michaud 358 1.79
     Green François Vincent 240 1.20
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Nancy Charest 7,602 40.84
     Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 7,569 40.67
     Action démocratique Raynald Bernier 3,005 16.14
     Independent Nelson Gauthier 178 0.96
     Independent Nestor Turcotte 135 0.73
     Green David Lejeune 124 0.67

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