Denis Blanchette

This article is about the Canadian politician. For the Montreal shooting victim, see 2012 Montreal shooting.

Denis Blanchette
Member of Parliament
for Louis-Hébert
In office
May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byPascal-Pierre Paillé
Succeeded byJoël Lightbound
Personal details
Born (1956-09-04) September 4, 1956 (age 68)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political partyCanadian Future Party (2024-present)
Other political
affiliations		NDP (2006-2021)
NDPQ (provincial)
Green (2021-2024)
ProfessionComputer analyst, public servant

Denis Blanchette (born September 4, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Louis-Hébert as a member of the New Democratic Party until 2015.

Blanchette ran in Louis-Hébert twice, in 2006 and 2008, before being elected.[2] Prior to winning office he was a computer analyst and public servant.[3]

In May 2017 Blanchette was selected as president of the New Democratic Party of Quebec.[4] He was the candidate for the NDPQ in the October 2, 2017 by-election held in the district of Louis-Hébert.[5] He finished 7th with 1.3 per cent of the vote. He resigned as president of the NDPQ in 2018 citing personal reasons.[citation needed] Blanchette again contested Louis-Hébert in the 2021 federal election as a candidate for the Green Party.[6] In February 2024 he joined the national council of the centrist Canadian Future Party.[7]

  1. ^ Election 2011: Louis-Hébert Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Roles - Denis Blanchette - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "Le NPD-Québec ne baisse pas les bras" Archived 2018-08-21 at the Wayback Machine. L'actualité, May 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Annie Mathieu (August 30, 2017). "Le NPD-Québec plonge dans l'élection partielle". Le Soleil (in French). Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Louis-Hébert: Lightbound faces high-profile Conservative Lépine". QCNA EN. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Our Team | thecanadianfutureparty.ca".