Sébastien Lemire

Sébastien Lemire MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election. He represents the electoral district of Abitibi—Témiscamingue as a member of the Bloc Québécois.^[2]

Sébastien Lemire MP
Lemire in 2020
Member of Parliament for Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Christine Moore
Personal details
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence(s)	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec[1]

On 21 April 2021, Lemire admitted to taking a photo of a naked Will Amos on a Zoom call and offered an apology in the House of Commons to that MP.^[3]

Political career

Following the 2021 Canadian federal election he was appointed the critic of industry, regional high-speed internet and entrepreneurship in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Lemire	24,774	49.43	-1.18
	Liberal	Jonathan Andresen	13,551	27.04	+2.93
	Conservative	Steve Tardif	9,861	19.68	+7.99
	New Democratic	Jérémie Juneau	1,480	2.95	-3.17
	Rhinoceros	Vincent Palin-Bussières	449	0.90	+0.30
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,115	98.33
Total rejected ballots			851	1.67
Turnout			50,966	62.16
Eligible voters			81,995
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-2.06
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Lemire	23,120	50.61	+5.14	$27,362.09
	Liberal	William Legault-Lacasse	11,013	24.11	–0.65	$12,006.97
	Conservative	Luis Henry Gonzalez Venegas	5,339	11.69	–3.34	$7,297.49
	New Democratic	Bethany Stewart	2,794	6.12	–4.03	$241.69
	People's	Eric Lacroix	1,538	3.37	+2.40	none listed
	Free	Dany Goulet	858	1.88	N/A	$1,862.60
	Green	Martin Chartrand	748	1.64	–1.98	$0.00
	Rhinoceros	Joël Lirette	275	0.60	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,685	100.00	–	$129,939.01
Total rejected ballots			909	1.95	–0.11
Turnout			46,594	56.47	–5.73
Eligible voters			82,518
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+2.90
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Lemire	22,803	45.47	+26.06	$19,522.42
	Liberal	Claude Thibault	12,417	24.76	-4.87	$61,531.99
	Conservative	Mario Provencher	7,537	15.03	+8.14	none listed
	New Democratic	Alain Guimond	5,093	10.15	-31.34	$14,294.83
	Green	Aline Bégin	1,818	3.62	+1.90	none listed
	People's	Jacques Girard	487	0.97		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,155	97.94
Total rejected ballots			1,057	2.06	+0.60
Turnout			51,212	62.20	+1.36
Eligible voters			82,341
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+28.70
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]