Jean-François Roberge is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Chambly as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Education.[2]
Jean-François Roberge MNA | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chambly | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office April 7, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Bertrand St-Arnaud |
Personal details | |
Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Residence(s) | Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada |
He was also the party's candidate in Vachon in the 2012 election.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Roberge was an elementary school teacher, as well as a regular commentator on education issues for TVA's morning talk show Deux filles le matin. He published a young adult novel, Francis perdu dans les méandres, in 2010.
Under Roberge's term as Minister of Education, The government show plans to replaced the Ethics and religious culture,[3][4] with a new curriculum which would shift the focus from religion toward culture and citizenship.[5]
Also as Minsister Roberge saw The CAQ government passing bill 40 which saw the French and English school boards being replaced with School service centres.[6][7] The abolishing of school boards is said to save the government more than $10 million.[7][8] Their reason for this is to try to improve the quality of education in Quebec.[8]
The English school boards of Quebec invoked Article 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, which is the official language minority education rights.[6] They take legal action to get exempted from Bill 40.[6]
2018 Quebec general election: Chambly | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean-François Roberge | 18,940 | 50.26 | +16.02 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Christian Picard | 6,564 | 17.42 | -15.67 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Francis Vigeant | 6,177 | 16.39 | +9 | ||||
Liberal | François Villeneuve | 4,599 | 12.2 | -10.01 | ||||
Green | Camille B. Jannard | 683 | 1.81 | +0.7 | ||||
Conservative | Guy L'Heureux | 309 | 0.82 | +0.42 | ||||
New Democratic | Gilles Létourneau | 180 | 0.48 | |||||
Bloc Pot | Benjamin Vachon | 167 | 0.44 | |||||
CINQ | Gilles Guindon | 66 | 0.18 | |||||
Total valid votes | 37,685 | 98.64 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 518 | 1.36 | ||||||
Turnout | 38,203 | 75.35 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 50,699 | |||||||
Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +15.85 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |
2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean-François Roberge | 12,130 | 34.24 | +0.08 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Bertrand St-Arnaud | 11,722 | 33.09 | -7.04 | ||||
Liberal | Magdala Ferdinand | 7,869 | 22.21 | +5.73 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Francis Vigeant | 2,618 | 7.39 | +2.40 | ||||
Green | Mary Harper | 392 | 1.11 | -0.58 | ||||
Parti nul | Vincent Dessureault | 353 | 1.00 | |||||
Option nationale | Martin Laramée | 200 | 0.56 | -1.47 | ||||
Conservative | Michael Maher | 140 | 0.40 | -0.13 | ||||
Total valid votes | 35,424 | 98.65 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 483 | 1.35 | – | |||||
Turnout | 35,907 | 76.62 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 46,866 | – | – | |||||
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +3.56 |
2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Parti Québécois | Bertrand St-Arnaud | 15,104 | 40.13 | -3.45 | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Martin Trudeau | 12,857 | 34.16 | +17.32 | ||||
Liberal | Julie Tremblay | 6,203 | 16.48 | -15.14 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Anne Poussard | 1,878 | 4.99 | +2.38 | ||||
Option nationale | Martin Laramée | 765 | 2.03 | |||||
Green | Nicolas Lescarbeau | 633 | 1.68 | -1.26 | ||||
Conservative | Daniel Nicol | 199 | 0.53 | |||||
Total valid votes | 37,639 | 98.95 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 400 | 1.05 | – | |||||
Turnout | 38,039 | 83.50 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 45,554 | – | – | |||||
Parti Québécois hold | Swing | -10.39 |
Current members of the National Assembly of Quebec | |
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Coalition Avenir Québec |
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Quebec Liberal Party |
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Québec solidaire |
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Parti Québécois† |
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Party leaders listed first (in bold italics). Government members in bold denotes cabinet. † Party does not have official party status in the National Assembly. |
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