Christian Dubé (politician)

Christian Dubé MNA (born 3 October 1956)^[1] is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of La Prairie, and serves as Minister of Health and Social Services.^[1]

Christian Dubé MNA
Dubé in 2012
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for La Prairie
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2018
Preceded by	Richard Merlini
Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office June 22, 2020
Preceded by	Danielle McCann
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Lévis
In office 4 September 2012 – 15 August 2014
Preceded by	Gilles Lehouillier
Succeeded by	François Paradis
Personal details
Born	(1956-10-03) October 3, 1956 (age 68) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec
Education	Université Laval
Profession	Chartered Accountant, businessman

He was first elected in the 2012 election as the representative of Lévis for the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ),^[2] and was re-elected in 2014.

On 15 August 2014, Dubé resigned his seat to take a job at the Caisse de dépôt et placement.^[1] On 3 September 2018, Dubé announced that he would run for the 2018 election in the riding of La Prairie, replacing Stéphane Le Bouyonnec as the CAQ's candidate. He would defeat Liberal incumbent Richard Merlini.^[3][4]

On 22 June 2020, as part of a cabinet shuffle, Dubé was named the new Minister of Health and Social Services, succeeding Danielle McCann.^[5]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christian Dubé	18,229	52.71	+9.57
	Liberal	Julie Guertin	4,791	13.85	–10.14
	Québec solidaire	Pierre-Marc Allaire-Daly	4,531	13.10	+0.03
	Parti Québécois	Sarah Joly-Simard	3,950	11.42	–4.31
	Conservative	Marie Pelletier	2,751	7.95	+6.82
	Climat Québec	Barbara Joannette	281	0.81	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	50	0.14	+0.02
Total valid votes			34,583	99.05	+0.66
Total rejected ballots			330	0.95	–0.66
Turnout			34,913	72.50	–2.85
Electors on the lists			48,158	–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christian Dubé	14,511	43.14	+10.52
	Liberal	Richard Merlini	8,069	23.99	-9.96
	Parti Québécois	Cathy Lepage	5,290	15.73	-10.52
	Québec solidaire	Daniel Blouin	4,362	12.97	+7.05
	Green	Alexandre Caron	694	2.06
	Conservative	Alain Desmarais	379	1.13
	New Democratic	Boukare Tall	222	0.66
	Parti 51	Liana Minato	66	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	41	0.12
Total valid votes			33,634	98.39
Total rejected ballots			549	1.61
Turnout			34,183	74.85
Eligible voters			45,669
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.24
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

Cabinet posts

Quebec provincial government of François Legault