Alexis Deschênes

Alexis Deschênes MP is a Canadian politician from the Bloc Québécois. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj in the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[1] He unseated cabinet minister Diane Lebouthillier.^[2] He was previously a lawyer and journalist.^[3]

Alexis Deschênes MP
Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025
Preceded by	Diane Lebouthillier
Personal details
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Other political affiliations	Parti Québécois

In the 2014 Quebec general election, he was a candidate for the Parti Québécois in Trois-Rivières, and again in the 2022 Quebec general election in Bonaventure, but was not elected.

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alexis Deschênes	26,091	45.79	+1.45
	Liberal	Diane Lebouthillier	21,817	38.29	-1.47
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Pigeon	7,047	12.37	+4.11
	New Democratic	Denise Giroux	1,005	1.76	-2.51
	Rhinoceros	Shawn Grenier	572	1.00	N/A
	People's	Christian Rioux	452	0.79	-1.22
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,984	98.54
Total rejected ballots			845	1.46
Turnout			57,829	60.48
Eligible voters			95,615
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+1.46
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Bonaventure
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Catherine Blouin	9,919	44.45	+28.45
	Parti Québécois	Alexis Deschênes	6,708	30.06	–8.40
	Québec solidaire	Catherine Cyr Wright	2,417	10.83	–4.17
	Liberal	Christian Cyr	1,911	8.56	–16.96
	Conservative	François Therrien	1,219	5.46	New
	L'Union fait la force	Anne Marie Lauzon	82	0.37	New
	Climat Québec	Jocelyn Rioux	57	0.26	New
Total valid votes			22,313	98.86
Total rejected ballots			257	1.14	+0.04
Turnout			22,570	62.76	+0.50
Electors on the lists			35,960
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+18.42
Source: Élections Québec[6]

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Denis Girard	11,658	39.16
	Parti Québécois	Alexis Deschênes	8,452	28.39
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Diego Brunelle	6,634	22.28
	Québec solidaire	Jean-Claude Landry	2,531	8.50
	Conservative	Pierre-Louis Bonneau	260	0.87
	Option nationale	André de Repentigny	238	0.80
Total valid votes			29,773	98.05
Total rejected ballots			593	1.95
Turnout			30,366	69.00
Electors on the lists			43,721	–