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Claude Sabourin (born October 9, 1961) is a politician, educator, and author in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected as leader of the Green Party of Quebec in November 2010.
Sabourin has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1] He joined the Green Party in 2002 and has been a party candidate in two federal and three provincial elections.[2] The provincial party's president from 2004 to 2006, he has also written a book entitled, Le Parti Vert: Pour une politique du 21e siecle.[3] Sabourin was a party worker and part-time school teacher when he sought the party's leadership.[4]
Sabourin was elected as leader of the Quebec Green Party on November 20, 2010, narrowly defeating rival candidate Paul-André Martineau on the second ballot.[5] In January 2011, he called for a moratorium on the harvesting of shale gas.[6]
Electoral record
- Provincial
2008 Quebec provincial election : Argenteuil edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal (x)David Whissell 10,843 49.58 +11.99 Parti Québécois John Saywell 7,353 33.62 +7.78 Action démocratique Michael Perzow 2,457 11.24 -18.41 Green Claude Sabourin 760 3.48 -1.19 Québec Solidaire Loïc Kauffeisen 456 2.09 -0.16 Total valid votes 21,869 100.00 Rejected and declined votes 346 Turnout 22,215 54.17 Electors on the lists 41,006 Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2007 Quebec provincial election : Argenteuil edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal (x)David Whissell 10,025 37.59 -15.74 Action démocratique Georges Lapointe 7,906 29.65 +11.21 Parti Québécois John Saywell 6,891 25.84 +0.93 Green Claude Sabourin 1,244 4.67 +2.58 Québec Solidaire Guy Dufresne 600 2.25 +1.02 Total valid votes 26,666 100.00 Rejected and declined votes 248 Turnout 26,914 68.52 +2.06 Electors on the lists 39,278 Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2003 Quebec provincial election : Argenteuil edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal (x)David Whissell 12,645 53.33 Parti Québécois Georges Lapointe 5,906 24.91 Action démocratique Sylvain Demers 4,372 18.44 Green Claude Sabourin 496 2.09 Bloc pot Yannick Charpentier 292 1.23 Total valid votes 23,711 100.00 Rejected and declined votes 280 Turnout 23,991 66.46 Electors on the lists 36,101 Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- Federal
2006 federal election : Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Bloc Québécois (x)Mario Laframboise 27,855 52.13 -5.27 $55,659 Conservative Suzanne Courville 12,461 23.32 +16.28 $41,061 Liberal François-Hugues Liberge 7,171 13.42 -13.45 $12,534 New Democratic Party Alain Senécal 3,466 6.49 +3.45 $1,480 Green Claude Sabourin 2,480 4.64 -0.46 $1,166 Total valid votes 53,433 100.00 Total rejected ballots 846 1.56 Turnout 54,279 62.66 +2.33 Electors on the lists 86,627 Bloc Québécois hold Swing -10.8 Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
2004 federal election : Argenteuil—Mirabel edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Bloc Québécois (x)Mario Laframboise 28,228 57.40 +14.41 $60,403 Liberal Yves Sabourin 13,214 26.87 -15.55 $39,904 Conservative David H. McArthur 3,460 7.04 -2.36 $7,918 Green Claude Sabourin 2,510 5.10 $1,090 New Democratic Party Elisabeth Clark 1,493 3.04 +2.00 none listed Christian Heritage Laurent Filion 202 0.41 none listed Marxist-Leninist Michael O'Grady 69 0.14 none listed Total valid votes 49,176 100.00 Total rejected ballots 1,119 Turnout 50,295 60.33 -1.31 Electors on the lists 83,364 Sources: Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
- Leadership contests
Candidate Place Quebec Green Party leadership convention November 20, 2010 Claude Sabourin 1st Paul-André Martineau 2nd Louise Martineau 3rd Note: Sabourin defeated Paul-André Martineau by 50.5% to 49.5% on the second ballot. Source: Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010.
References
- ^ Canada Votes 2006: Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ^ Elections Canada also indicates that a "Claude Sam Sabourin" ran for the Rhinoceros Party of Canada while a student in the 1984 federal election in the same part of Quebec where Claude Sabourin later sought election as a Green Party candidate. It is possible that this was the same person. See History of Federal Ridings since 1867: ARGENTEUIL--PAPINEAU (1984/09/04), Parliament of Canada, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ^ Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ^ Isabelle Houle, "Claude Sabourin se présente à la chefferie du Parti vert," fr.canoe.ca, 14 September 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ^ Claude Sabourin narrowly wins Quebec Green Party leadership race, Montreal Gazette, 20 November 2010, accessed 4 December 2010.
- ^ Michel Moyneur, "Gaz de schiste: le Parti Vert du Québec demande un moratoire", La Revue, 4 January 2011, accessed 20 January 2011.
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