Michel Charbonneau

Michel Charbonneau
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Jean
In office
1989–1994
Preceded byPierre Lorrain
Succeeded byRoger Paquin
Personal details
BornSeptember 23, 1948
Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Political partyQuebec Liberal Party

Michel Charbonneau (born September 23, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Saint-Jean in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1994.

Born and raised in Napierville, Quebec, Charbonneau served as a municipal councillor and mayor of Napierville before being elected to the legislature in the 1989 election.[1] In the legislature, he served as chair of a task force on reform of trucking regulations in the province.[2]

In the 1994 election, he was initially declared to have been narrowly defeated by Roger Paquin of the Parti Québécois.[3] After a judicial recount, however, the two were found to have finished in an exact tie, necessitating a new by-election to determine the winner.[4] Paquin won the by-election.[5]

  1. ^ "Charbonneau wins St. Jean despite lead-poison scandal". Montreal Gazette, September 26, 1989.
  2. ^ "Quebec to set up patrols to regulate truckers: Elkas". Montreal Gazette, July 5, 1990.
  3. ^ "Anglos, allophones help Liberals keep seats; Robillard is turfed out in Chambly". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 1994.
  4. ^ "New vote set after recount results in tie". Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1994.
  5. ^ "Parti Quebecois wins first test in run-off election". Waterloo Region Record, October 25, 1994.