Anne-Marie Day

Anne-Marie Day (born February 2, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.^[1] She represented the electoral district of Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles as a member of the New Democratic Party.

Anne-Marie Day
Anne-Marie Day in 2015
Member of Parliament for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Daniel Petit
Succeeded by	Pierre Paul-Hus
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-02) February 2, 1954 (age 71) Grande-Rivière, Quebec
Political party	New Democratic Party
Residence(s)	Quebec City, Quebec
Profession	Director

Prior to being elected, Day was the president of an employment agency, and is a former president of a women's issues group. She has a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in local and regional development from Université Laval.

Day also ran in Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles in the 2008 federal election, but lost.

Despite her anglophone-sounding name, Day is a francophone, and French is her preferred language on the Commons floor.

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	24,608	42.24	+11.95	–
	Liberal	Jean Côté	13,525	23.22	+16.69	–
	New Democratic	Anne-Marie Day	11,690	20.07	-24.92	–
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Antoine Turmel	7,177	12.32	-3.96	–
	Green	Nathalie Baudet	1,256	2.16	+0.6	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,256	100.0		$221,301.50
Total rejected ballots			866	–	–
Turnout			59,122	–	–
Eligible voters			83,648
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.44
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anne-Marie Day	24,131	45.0	+31.9
	Conservative	Daniel Petit	16,220	30.3	-10.8
	Bloc Québécois	Félix Grenier	8,732	16.3	-12.9
	Liberal	Martine Gaudreault	3,505	6.5	-7.6
	Green	Simon Verret	832	1.6	-0.9
	Christian Heritage	Simon Cormier	189	0.4	-
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,609	100.0
Total rejected ballots			801	1.5	-0.1
Turnout			54,410	66.2	+2.5	–
Eligible voters			82,140	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Daniel Petit	20,566	41.14	+0.1	$40,863
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Courteau	14,602	29.21	-9.1	$58,190
	Liberal	Denise Legros	7,039	14.08	+5.3	$14,902
	New Democratic	Anne-Marie Day	6,542	13.08	+6.9	$3,986
	Green	François Bédard	1,231	2.46	-0.1	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,980	100.0	$85,288
Rejected ballots			811	1.6
Turnout			50,791	63.66