François Pilon

This article is about Canadian politician and MP. For French philosopher, see François Pillon.

François Pilon (born August 25, 1958) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the member for Laval—Les Îles. Pilon is a member of the New Democratic Party.

François Pilon
Member of Parliament for Laval—Les Îles
In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Raymonde Folco
Succeeded by	Fayçal El-Khoury
Personal details
Born	(1958-08-25) August 25, 1958 (age 66) Laval, Quebec
Political party	New Democratic Party Parti Laval
Alma mater	Collège Montmorency

Background

Pilon was born in 1958 in Laval and has a background in architectural design. He is active in the labour movement, having served as vice-president of the Syndicat des Cols Bleus de la Ville de Laval from late 1998 to 2006.^[1][2][3] In 1999, he helped lead his union into the Canadian Union of Public Employees.^[4]

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons on his fourth attempt, previously running in the riding of Honoré-Mercier, which the NDP also took in 2011.

He is not to be confused with another François Pilon who has run for the Green Party in Montreal.

Electoral record

2017 Laval City Council Election: Laval-les-Îles District (17)
Party		Council candidate	Vote	%
	Mouvement lavallois - Équipe Marc Demers	Nicholas Borne (X)	2,526	45.86
	Parti Laval - Équipe Michel Trottier	François Pilon	1,138	20.66
	Avenir Laval - Équipe Sonia Baudelot	Josée Trépanier	981	17.81
	Action Laval - Équipe Jean Claude Gobé	Cesar Augusto Maldonado	676	12.27
	Alliance des conseillers autonomes - Équipe Alain Lecompte et Cynthia Leblanc	Cynthia Leblanc	187	3.40

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Fayçal El-Khoury	25,857	47.70	+27.07	$86,424.50
	New Democratic	François Pilon	10,710	19.77	-27.43	$29,014.20
	Conservative	Roland Dick	9,811	18.10	+1.67	$114,413.09
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Redhead	6,731	12.42	-0.47	$19,952.32
	Green	Faiza R'Guiba-Kalogerakis	919	1.69	-0.09	$2,605.36
	Marxist–Leninist	Yvon Breton	175	0.32	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$218,884.73
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,203	–	–
Eligible voters			81,562
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Pilon	25,703	47.64	+36.18
	Liberal	Karine Joizil	11,108	20.59	-19.85
	Conservative	Zaki Ghavitian	8,587	15.92	-4.70
	Bloc Québécois	Mohamedali Jetha	7,022	13.02	-10.52
	Green	Brent Neil	966	1.79	-1.49
	Pirate	Stéphane Bakhos	369	0.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Polyvios Tsakanikas	194	0.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots			702	1.28	-0.06
Turnout			54,651	59.31	-2.38

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	21,544	43.67	+5.44	$64,461
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Labelle	13,871	28.12	−6.71	$57,274
	Conservative	Rodrigo Alfaro	7,549	15.30	−2.14	$35,152
	New Democratic	François Pilon	4,986	10.11	+3.89	$1,499
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	1,380	2.80	−0.13	$1,387
Total valid votes			49,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			667	1.33
Turnout			49,997	62.16	−2.71
Electors on the lists			80,429
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.08
Source: Official Voting Results, 40th General Election 2008, Elections Canada.

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	19,622	38.23	−7.87	$62,095
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Labelle	17,879	34.83	−5.54	$39,105
	Conservative	Angelo M. Marino	8,952	17.44	+11.42	$62,813
	New Democratic	François Pilon	3,191	6.22	+2.13	$2,374
	Green	Sylvain Castonguay	1,502	2.93	+1.16	not listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	183	0.36	+0.02	none listed
Total valid votes			51,329	100.00
Total rejected ballots			650	1.25
Turnout			51,979	64.87	+3.23
Electors on the lists			80,122
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.17
Source: Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	22,223	46.10	−11.76	$78,649
	Bloc Québécois	Éric St-Hilaire	19,461	40.37	+10.02	$13,063
	Conservative	Gianni Chiazzese	2,902	6.02	−2.28	$5,060
	New Democratic	François Pilon	1,973	4.09	+2.81	$885
	Green	Richard Lahaie	852	1.77	–	$0
	Marijuana	Steve Boudrias	626	1.30	−0.59	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	164	0.34	+0.03	none listed
Total valid votes			48,201	100.00
Total rejected ballots			854	1.74
Turnout			49,055	61.64
Electors on the lists			79,585
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Source: Official Voting Results, Thirty-Eighth General Election, Elections Canada.
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.89