Stéphane Bergeron

Stéphane Bergeron (born January 28, 1965, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He served as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2019 to 2025 and previously served in that office from 1993 to 2005. He served as a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2005 to 2018. He did not seek re-election in 2025.

Stéphane Bergeron
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montarville
In office October 21, 2019 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Michel Picard
Succeeded by	Bienvenu-Olivier Ntumba
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Verchères
In office December 12, 2005 – August 29, 2018
Preceded by	Bernard Landry
Succeeded by	Suzanne Dansereau
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Verchères—Les Patriotes
In office November 27, 2000 – November 9, 2005
Succeeded by	Luc Malo
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Verchères
In office October 25, 1993 – November 27, 2000
Preceded by	Marcel Danis
Succeeded by	riding redistributed
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-28) January 28, 1965 (age 60) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois Parti Québécois
Spouse	Johanne Dulude
Residence	Varennes, Quebec[1]

Education and early career

Bergeron has a bachelor's degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a master's degree in the same domain from the Université Laval. Bergeron has been a political adviser and a teaching assistant at Laval in the department of political science. Bergeron also served in the Canadian Forces as a naval Cadet Instructor Cadre officer from 1984 to 1993.

Political career

Bergeron was a member of the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons, representing the riding of Verchères—Les Patriotes from 2000 to November 9, 2005, and Verchères from 1993 to 2000. Bergeron held many positions as a Member of Parliament including whip of the Bloc and critic of Parliamentary Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council, Foreign Affairs, Industry, Science, Research, and Development, International Trade and Asia-Pacific.

He resigned his federal seat and won a provincial by-election on December 12, 2005, under the Parti Québécois (PQ) banner. He became the member for Verchères of the Quebec National Assembly succeeding former Quebec Premier Bernard Landry in that riding.^[2] He was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election. He was named the PQ's critic in parks and environment but was later promoted to the portfolios of families and seniors.

From 2021 to 2025 he served as the critic of foreign affairs and international development, international cooperation, Canada-China relations in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.^[3]

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Montarville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	26,011	45.3	+2.5	$26,513.08
	Liberal	Marie-Ève Pelchat	19,974	34.8	-0.8	$56,659.78
	Conservative	Julie Sauvageau	5,460	9.5	+2.5	$4,343.53
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	4,809	8.4	±0.0	$596.30
	People's	Natasha Hynes	1,218	2.1	+1.3	$1,269.78
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,472	98.2	–	$110,040.39
Total rejected ballots			1,033	1.8
Turnout			58,505	74.7
Eligible voters			78,273
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+1.7
Source: Elections Canada[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Montarville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	25,366	42.8	+14.38	$22,609.89
	Liberal	Michel Picard	21,061	35.6	+3.06	$55,495.41
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	4,984	8.4	-16.28	$1,715.58
	Conservative	Julie Sauvageau	4,138	7.0	-3.85	$11,784.17
	Green	Jean-Charles Pelland	2,967	5.0	+2.6	$3,869.64
	People's	Julie Lavallée	501	0.8	–	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Thomas Thibault-Vincent	211	0.4	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,228	100
Total rejected ballots			742
Turnout			59,970	77.8%
Eligible voters			77,097
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.66
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Verchères—Les Patriotes
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	28,696	52.29		$61,780
	Liberal	Mark Provencher	16,740	30.50	–	$37,677
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Grenier	3,859	7.03		$2,703
	Alliance	Stéphane Désilets	2,870	5.23		$336
	Marijuana	Jonathan Bérubé	1,643	2.99		none listed
	New Democratic	Charles Bussières	1,074	1.96		$980
Total valid votes			54,882	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,673
Turnout			56,555	69.13
Electors on the lists			81,810
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Provincial

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	18,467	42.59	-4.68
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Yves Renaud	13,160	30.35	-1.12
	Liberal	Simon Rocheleau	8,213	18.94	+5.18
	Québec solidaire	Céline Jarrousse	3,074	7.09	+3.02
	Option nationale	Mathieu Coulombe	450	1.04	-1.18
Total valid votes			43,364	98.08
Total rejected ballots			850	1.92
Turnout			44,214	76.96
Electors on the lists			57,448
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.78

2014 results reference:^[7]

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	22,052	47.27	-8.15
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Chantal Soucy	14,682	31.47	+15.98
	Liberal	Maxime St-Onge	6,419	13.76	-9.11
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Thérèse Toutant	1,900	4.07	+1.42
	Option nationale	Diane Massicotte	1,035	2.22	–
	Independent	Steven Terranova	297	0.64	–
	CC	Mario Geoffrion	269	0.58	–
Total valid votes			46,654	98.71
Total rejected ballots			608	1.29
Turnout			47,262	84.14
Electors on the lists			56,169
	Liberal hold		Swing		-12.06

* Coalition Avenir Québec change is from the Action démocratique.

2012 results reference:^[8]

2008 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	15,664	55.42	+14.17
	Liberal	Vincent Sabourin	6,464	22.87	+8.68
	Action démocratique	Daniel Castonguay	4,377	15.49	-21.83
	Green	Christine Hayes	845	2.99	-1.21
	Québec solidaire	Lynda Gadoury	749	2.65	-0.40
	Parti indépendantiste	Yvon Sylva Aubé	164	0.58	–

2007 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	13,811	41.25	-27.95
	Action démocratique	Luc Robitaille	12,495	37.32	+27.20
	Liberal	Paul Verret	4,751	14.19	-3.45
	Green	Geneviève Ménard	1,407	4.20	-
	Québec solidaire	Michelle Hudon-David	1,020	3.05	+0.01*

Verchères by-election, December 12, 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	13,118	69.20	+14.42
	Liberal	Jean Robert	3,344	17.64	-10.52
	Action démocratique	Denise Graveline	1,919	10.12	-4.69
	UFP	Jean-François Lessard	576	3.04	+2.41