Pierre Paul-Hus

Pierre Paul-Hus MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles as a member of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.^[1][2]

Pierre Paul-Hus MP
Member of Parliament for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Anne-Marie Day
Personal details
Born	(1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 (age 56) Granby, Quebec, Canada
Party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Alma mater	Canadian Army Command and Staff College École Militaire de Paris Université Laval
Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Branch/service	Canadian Army
Years of service	1987–2009
Rank	Lieutenant-colonel

Biography

Paul-Hus is a graduate of political science at Laval University and owner of PRESTIGE Media Group. He has also been vice president of Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada (the largest wine competition in North America) for 11 years.^{[citation needed]}

Military career

Paul-Hus is a military officer (Reserve) and a graduate of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College in Kingston, Ontario and the Ecole Militaire in Paris, where he also taught. In 1987, when Paul-Hus graduated from high school, he enlisted and joined the Régiment de la Chaudière, reserve unit of the Canadian Armed Forces. During the 22 years of his military service, he has conducted two operational missions: one in Goose Bay, Labrador, under the aegis of NATO, and the second in Cyprus to the United Nations.^[3] He retired in 2009 at the rank of lieutenant-colonel.^[4]

Political career

In 2011, Paul-Hus finished third for the Conservative Party in Louis-Hébert. He ran again in 2015, in the riding of Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles and was successful, defeating Incumbent Anne-Marie Day. He is currently serving as the Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Public safety and Emergency preparedness.^[5]

Committees

He is Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. In addition, he is also Vice-Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Association.

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	27,698	42.44	–2.58
	Liberal	Louis Bellemare	22,597	34.62	+14.97
	Bloc Québécois	Bladimir Laborit Infante	12,346	18.92	–5.72
	New Democratic	Dominique Harrisson	1,752	2.68	–3.24
	People's	Paul Cyr	516	0.79	–1.41
	Independent	Danick Bisson	357	0.55	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,266	98.58
Total rejected ballots			937	1.42
Turnout			66,203	73.15
Eligible voters[a]			90,590
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–8.78
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	25,623	44.7	+6.6	$58,750.08
	Bloc Québécois	Marie-Christine Lamontagne	14,237	24.8	-2.4	$11,815.04
	Liberal	René-Paul Coly	11,326	19.7	-1.6	$29,942.88
	New Democratic	Michel Marc Lacroix	3,446	6.0	-1.7	$0.00
	People's	Wayne Cyr	1,296	2.3	±0.0	$0.00
	Green	Jacques Palardy-Dion	972	1.7	-1.8	$524.90
	Free	Daniel Pelletier	449	0.8	N/A	$389.30
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,349	98.1	–	$114,717.37
Total rejected ballots			1,136	1.9
Turnout			58,485	68.7
Registered voters			85,183
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.5
Source: Elections Canada[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	22,484	38.05	-4.19	$55,938.52
	Bloc Québécois	Alain D'Eer	16,053	27.16	+14.84	none listed
	Liberal	René-Paul Coly	12,584	21.29	-1.92	$25,312.84
	New Democratic	Guillaume Bourdeau	4,554	7.71	-12.36	none listed
	Green	Samuel Moisan-Domm	2,042	3.46	+1.30	$6,186.85
	People's	Joey Pronovost	1,379	2.33	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,096	97.91
Total rejected ballots			1,264	2.09	+0.63
Turnout			60,360	70.25	+0.55
Eligible voters			85,926
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.52
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2015 Canadian federal election: Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
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[11][12]

2011 Canadian federal election: Louis-Hébert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Denis Blanchette	23,373	38.65	+29.32
	Bloc Québécois	Pascal-Pierre Paillé	14,640	24.21	-12.02
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	13,207	21.84	-6.37
	Liberal	Jean Beaupré	8,110	13.41	-10.18
	Green	Michelle Fontaine	996	1.65	-0.78
	Christian Heritage	Marie-Claude Bouffard	143	0.24	+0.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,469	100.00
Total rejected ballots			636	1.04
Turnout			61,105	73.73