Tarik Brahmi | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Saint-Jean | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Claude Bachand |
| Succeeded by | Jean Rioux |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 19, 1968 Lyon, France |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Engineer, consultant, politician |
Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean from 2011, when he defeated incumbent Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois, until 2015, and sat with New Democratic Party caucus.
Born in Lyon, France, with a father from Toudja, Algeria, he graduated from the Université de Montpellier in 1991 with a degree in Microelectronics and Control Engineering. He became interested in environmental causes in 1995, and worked in software development. He immigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006. He was a candidate for the municipal council of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2009.
Prior to being elected to parliament, he worked as a senior interviewer for Statistics Canada. Brahmi did not stand in the 2015 federal election.
Electoral record
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Tarik Brahmi | 24,899 | 47.4% | - | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Claude Bachand | 16,023 | 30.5% | - | ||||
| Conservative | Jean Thouin | 5,601 | 10.7% | - | ||||
| Liberal | Robert David | 4,643 | 8.8% | - | ||||
| Green | Pierre Tremblay | 1,322 | 2.5% | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,488 | 100.0% | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada
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