Linda Goupil | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Lévis | |
| In office 1998–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Garon |
| Succeeded by | Carole Théberge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1961 Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Profession | lawyer |
Linda Goupil (born May 13, 1961 in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Lévis in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2003.[1] First elected in the 1998 provincial election, she sat as a member of the Parti Québécois caucus, and served in the Executive Council of Quebec as Minister of Justice from 1998 to 2001.
She was defeated by Carole Théberge of the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2003 election. She ran again in the 2007 election, in which she and Théberge were both defeated by Christian Lévesque of the Action démocratique du Québec.
Goupil ran in the 2014 provincial election in the neighbouring district of Bellechasse,[1] but was not reelected to the legislature.
Electoral record
| 1998 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Linda Goupil | 15,473 | 49.10 | |||||
| Liberal | Daniel Deslauriers | 11,083 | 35.17 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Nelson Michaud | 4,553 | 14.45 | |||||
| Socialist Democracy | Paul Biron | 196 | 0.62 | |||||
| Independent | Daniel Frachon | 149 | 0.47 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Geneviève Royer | 60 | 0.19 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,514 | 99.07 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 295 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,809 | 79.92 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,803 | – | ||||||
| 2003 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Carole Théberge | 12,891 | 35.12 | -0.05 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Linda Goupil | 12,485 | 34.01 | -15.09 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Joël Bernier | 10,670 | 29.07 | +14.62 | ||||
| UFP | Madeleine Provencher | 442 | 1.20 | – | ||||
| Independent | Richard Larrivée | 220 | 0.60 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,708 | 99.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 369 | 1.00 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 37,077 | 77.56 | -2.36 | |||||
| Electors on the list | 47,806 | – | – | |||||
| 2007 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Action démocratique | Christian Lévesque | 17,388 | 44.14 | +15.07 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Linda Goupil | 10,101 | 25.64 | -8.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Carole Théberge | 9,925 | 25.19 | -9.92 | ||||
| Green | Jean-Claude Lespérance | 1,015 | 2.58 | – | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Valérie C. Guilloteau | 802 | 2.04 | +0.83 | ||||
| Christian Democracy | Paul Biron | 127 | 0.32 | – | ||||
| People's Front | Serge Patenaude | 36 | 0.09 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,394 | 99.32 | +0.31 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 270 | 0.68 | -0.31 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,664 | 79.33 | +1.78 | |||||
| Electors on the list | 49,997 | – | – | |||||
| Action démocratique gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.50 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Dominique Vien | 15,843 | 49.27 | +8.60 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Stéphanie Lachance | 10,668 | 33.18 | -5.33 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Linda Goupil | 4,283 | 13.32 | -1.86 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Benoit Comeau | 378 | 2.69 | -0.38 | ||||
| Conservative | Patrice Aubin | 344 | 1.18 | +0.51 | ||||
| Option nationale | Mathilde Lefebvre | 116 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,153 | 99.03 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 316 | 0.97 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 32,469 | 75.23 | -0.89 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 43,158 | – | – | |||||
References
- ^ a b "Linda Goupil candidate péquiste dans Bellechasse". Le Soleil, February 28, 2014.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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