Pierre Nantel

Pierre Nantel (born June 10, 1963) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada. First elected in the 2011 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he succeeded Jean Dorion of the Bloc Québécois in the district of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher;^[1] in the 2015 election, he was reelected in the redistributed riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert.

Pierre Nantel
Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
In office October 19, 2015 – October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Denis Trudel
Member of Parliament for Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher
In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Jean Dorion
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Personal details
Born	(1963-06-10) June 10, 1963 (age 62) Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Parti Québécois (since 2021)
Other political affiliations	Green (2019–2021) Independent (2019–2019) New Democratic (2011–2019)
Residence(s)	Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Profession	Artistic director researcher commentator

Prior to being elected, Nantel was a researcher and television commentator, including a stint at Radio-Canada television.^[2]

On August 16, 2019, the NDP dropped Nantel from its caucus, and as a candidate in the upcoming 2019 Canadian federal election, following revelations that he had been in private talks to run for another political party in the 2019 federal election.^[3] Although Nantel had previously been speculated as potentially joining the Bloc Québécois,^[4] the reports that sparked his removal from the NDP caucus indicated that he was in talks with the Green Party of Canada.^[3] On August 19, 2019, it was announced that Nantel would sit as an independent MP for the rest of his term and would be running under the Green Party banner in the 2019 federal election.^[5][6][7] He was defeated in the election, placing third behind the Bloc Québécois and Liberal candidates.^[8]

Despite having previously run for federalist parties, he announced in 2021 that he would be the Parti Québécois candidate in the then-upcoming by-election in Marie-Victorin.^[9] He lost to CAQ candidate Shirley Dorismond on April 11, 2022.^[10]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Marie-Victorin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Shirley Dorismond	9,212	33.11	-1.84
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Nantel	6,913	24.85	-5.22
	Québec solidaire	Shophika Vaithyanathasarma	6,307	22.67	+8.46
	Liberal	Lyes Chekal	2,793	10.04	+3.11
	Conservative	Lara Stillo	1,952	7.02	-3.38
	Green	Vincent Aquin-Belleau	308	1.11	+0.24
	Climat Québec	Martine Ouellet	260	0.93	-0.97
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	48	0.17	–
	Équipe Autonomiste	Florent Portron	27	0.10	+0.03
Total valid votes			27,820	98.52	–
Total rejected ballots			418	1.48	–
Turnout			28,238	61.64	+25.51
Electors on the lists			48,810	–	–

Quebec provincial by-election, April 11, 2022: Marie-Victorin Resignation of Catherine Fournier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Shirley Dorismond	5,697	34.95	+6.56
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Nantel	4,902	30.07	-0.74
	Québec solidaire	Shophika Vaithyanathasarma	2,316	14.21	-7.46
	Conservative	Anne Casabonne	1,696	10.40	–
	Liberal	Émilie Nollet	1,130	6.93	-8.28
	Climat Québec	Martine Ouellet	310	1.90	–
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	142	0.87	-1.28
	Accès propriété et équité	Shawn Lalande McLean	42	0.26	–
	Indépendance du Québec	Michel Blondin	21	0.13	–
	Union Nationale	Michel Lebrun	17	0.10	–
	Independent	Philippe Tessier	17	0.10	–
	Équipe Autonomiste	Florent Portron	11	0.07	-0.09
Total valid votes			16,301	98.86	+0.70
Total rejected ballots			188	1.14	-0.70
Turnout			16,489	36.13	-26.78
Electors on the lists			45,636	–
Source: Élections Québec[11][12]
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+3.65

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Trudel	23,061	38.5	+11.23	$46,039.85
	Liberal	Réjean Hébert	20,471	34.2	+4.19	$77,307.46
	Green	Pierre Nantel	6,745	11.3	+8.81	$16,474.78
	New Democratic	Éric Ferland	5,104	8.5	–22.72	$11,119.46
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	3,779	6.3	–2.44	none listed
	People's	Ellen Comeau	467	0.8	–	$0.00
	Independent	Pierre-Luc Fillon	217	0.4	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,844	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,086
Turnout			60,930	69.9
Eligible voters			87,113
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.52
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

2015 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pierre Nantel	18,171	31.22	-18.79	–
	Liberal	Mick O'Grady	17,468	30.01	+19.92	–
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Trudel	15,873	27.27	-1.52	–
	Conservative	John Sedlak	5,087	8.74	+0.00	–
	Green	Casandra Poitras	1,447	2.49	+0.29	–
	Strength in Democracy	Affine Lwalalika	153	0.26	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,199	100.00		$224,513.21
Total rejected ballots			939	1.59	–
Turnout			85,766	68.95	–
Eligible voters			85,766
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-19.36
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

2011 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pierre Nantel	27,119	51.93	+37.9
	Bloc Québécois	Jean Dorion	14,181	27.16	-18.9
	Liberal	Kévan Falsafi	5,321	10.19	-11.6
	Conservative	Richard Bélisle	4,339	8.31	-6.1
	Green	Valérie St-Amant	1,032	1.98	-1.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Patenaude	228	0.44	+0.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,220	100.00
Total rejected ballots			650	1.23	-0.11
Turnout			52,870	67.24	–
Eligible voters			78,629	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+28.4