Benoit Charette

Benoit Charette MNA (born July 19, 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes.^[1] He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty.^[2] On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment. In 2021 he was assigned a new provincial role in combating racism.^[3]

Benoit Charette MNA
Charrette in 2015
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Deux-Montagnes
Incumbent
Assumed office April 7, 2014
Preceded by	Daniel Goyer
In office December 8, 2008 – September 4, 2012
Preceded by	Lucie Leblanc
Succeeded by	Daniel Goyer
Personal details
Born	(1976-07-19) July 19, 1976 (age 48) Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Political party	CAQ (2011-present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2011-2011) Parti Québécois (2008-2011)

A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.

Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections.

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Benoît Charette
	Parti Québécois	Guillaume Lalonde
	Québec solidaire	Olivier Côté
	Liberal	Marc Allaire
	Conservative	Isabelle Baril
	Green	Amavi Tagodoe
	Climat Québec	Hélèna Courteau			–
	L'Union fait la force	Dominique Dubois-Massey			–
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots				–
Turnout
Electors on the lists				–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Benoit Charette	16,038	47.44	+13.28
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Goyer	6,464	19.12	-12.85
	Québec solidaire	Audrey Lesage-Lanthier	4,912	14.53	+7.84
	Liberal	Fabienne Fatou Diop	4,523	13.38	-12.27
	Green	Isabelle Dagenais	722	2.14
	Conservative	Delia Fodor	368	1.09
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Denis Paré	322	0.95
	Parti libre	Martin Brulé	253	0.75
	Bloc Pot	Hans Roker Jr	152	0.45
	CINQ	Eric Emond	52	0.15
Total valid votes			33,806	98.15
Total rejected ballots			636	1.85
Turnout			34,442	71.10
Eligible voters			48,440
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		+13.07
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Benoit Charette	11,868	34.16	-1.09
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Goyer	11,107	31.97	-6.83
	Liberal	Luc Leclerc	8,913	25.65	+7.66
	Québec solidaire	Duncan Hart Cameron	2,326	6.69	+2.6
	Parti équitable	Alec Ware	297	0.85
	Option nationale	Louis-Félix Cauchon	233	0.67	-1.25
Total valid votes			34,744	98.01	–
Total rejected ballots			705	1.99	–
Turnout			35,449	74
Electors on the lists			47,612	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Goyer	14,423	38.80	-4.33
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Benoit Charette	13,102	35.25	+17.25
	Liberal	Stéphanie Ménard	6,689	17.99	-14.38
	Québec solidaire	Normand Godon	1,522	4.09	+1.81
	Green	Princess Brooks	724	1.95	-2.27
	Option nationale	Wilson Ortiz	712	1.92
Total valid votes			37,172	98.56	–
Total rejected ballots			545	1.44	–
Turnout			37,717	79.99
Electors on the lists			47,154	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-10.79

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2008 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Benoit Charette	11,961	43.14	+10.13
	Liberal	Marie-France D'Aoust	8,980	32.39	+8.45
	Action démocratique	Lucie Leblanc	4,986	17.98	-18.34
	Green	Guy Rainville	1,168	4.21	-0.03
	Québec solidaire	Julien Demers	632	2.28	+0.12
Total valid votes			27,727	98.11	–
Total rejected ballots			535	1.89	–