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Jean-Marc Robitaille

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Jean-Marc Robitaille
Member of Parliament
for Terrebonne
In office
1988–1993
Preceded byRobert Toupin
Succeeded byBenoît Sauvageau
Personal details
Born (1955-09-11) 11 September 1955 (age 69)
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Équipe Robitaille
Professionreal estate

Jean-Marc Robitaille (born 11 September 1955) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993 and was the mayor of Terrebonne, Quebec from 1997 to 2016. His career was in real estate. On March 15, 2018, he was arrested by the Unité permanente anticorruption and faces criminal accusations of corruption and abuse of trust from his time as mayor.[1]

Born in Lévis, Quebec, Robitaille was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Terrebonne electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament after which he was defeated by Bloc Québécois candidate Benoît Sauvageau in the 1993 federal election.

He became mayor of Terrebonne on 2 November 1997 and was acclaimed for another term in the 2005 municipal election. He was subsequently re-elected in 2009,[2] and 2013.

Electoral record

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1993 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Benoît Sauvageau 56,235 68.9
Liberal Claire Brouillet 14,623 17.9 -0.6
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Robitaille 9,496 11.6 -41.1
New Democratic Renée-Claude Lorimier 873 1.1 -9.7
Commonwealth of Canada Christian Chouery 445 0.5
Total valid votes 81,672 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Robitaille 35,345 52.8 -7.5
Liberal Claire Brouillet 12,422 18.5 -7.7
Independent Robert Toupin 10,390 15.5
New Democratic Lauraine Vaillancourt 7,194 10.7 +1.9
Rhinoceros Alain Cowboy De Lagrave 1,647 2.5
Total valid votes 66,998 100.0

References

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  1. ^ Fortin, Jean-Louis (15 March 2018). "Stratagème de corruption: cadeaux "importants" en échange de contrats publics" (in Canadian French). Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 17 March 2018..
  2. ^ "Élections municipales à Terrebonne - le maire Jean-Marc Robitaille reconduit pour un 4e mandat (Municipal elections in Terrebonne - Mayor Jean-Marc Robitaille returned for a fourth term" (in French). City of Terrebonne. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
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