Yves Perron

Yves Perron MP (French pronunciation: [iv pɛʁɔ̃]) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2019 federal election,^[2] where he represents the riding of Berthier—Maskinongé as a member of the Bloc Québécois (BQ). Perron also serves as president of the party.

Yves Perron MP
Perron in 2025
President of the Bloc Québécois
Incumbent
Assumed office August 22, 2018
Leader	Mario Beaulieu (interim) Yves-François Blanchet
Preceded by	Mario Beaulieu
Member of Parliament for Berthier—Maskinongé
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Ruth Ellen Brosseau
Personal details
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec[1]

Political career

In his first attempt to become Member of Parliament for Berthier—Maskinongé, in 2015, Perron came second to New Democratic Party incumbent Ruth Ellen Brosseau with 25.8% of the vote.

Between 2015 and 2019, he was actively involved in the Quebec independence movement, as regional president of the Parti Québécois for Lanaudière between 2016 and 2018, as well as serving as riding president of the Bloc Québécois in Berthier—Maskinongé.

Following the leadership crisis of Martine Ouellet as head of the Bloc Québécois, he became national president of the Bloc Québécois.

Since 2021 he has served as the critic of agriculture, agri-food and supply management in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Berthier—Maskinongé
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Perron	21,676	34.99	-0.94
	Liberal	Stéphane Bilodeau	15,056	24.30	+8.90
	New Democratic	Ruth Ellen Brosseau	13,457	21.72	-10.97
	Conservative	Peter Saliba	10,641	17.18	+6.26
	People's	Elia Gomez-Gnali	575	0.93	-1.71
	Green	Daniel Simon	551	0.89	-0.08
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,956	98.44
Total rejected ballots			981	1.56
Turnout			62,937	68.09
Eligible voters			92,436
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		-4.92
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Berthier—Maskinongé
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Perron	19,133	35.22	-2.40	$21,700.43
	New Democratic	Ruth Ellen Brosseau	18,200	33.50	-1.45	$106,147.42
	Liberal	Alexandre Bellemare	8,264	15.21	+1.38	$5,445.75
	Conservative	Léo Soulières	5,963	10.98	+0.67	$5,344.17
	People's	Geneviève Sénécal	1,489	2.74	+1.98	$315.35
	Green	Laurence Requilé	546	1.01	-0.78	$0.00
	Free	Denis Brown	529	0.97		$1,306.74
	Marijuana	Steven Lamirande	199	0.37	+0.18	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,323	–	–	$115,385.75
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			54,323	63.08
Registered voters			86,119
Source: Elections Canada[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Berthier—Maskinongé
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Perron	21,200	37.62	+11.82	none listed
	New Democratic	Ruth Ellen Brosseau	19,698	34.95	-7.22	$35,745.36
	Liberal	Christine Poirier	7,796	13.83	-6.45	$33,806.20
	Conservative	Josée Bélanger	5,812	10.31	+0.11	$13,544.45
	Green	Éric Laferrière	1,008	1.79	+0.23	none listed
	People's	Luc Massé	428	0.76	–	$3,303.24
	Independent	Alain Bélanger	154	0.27	–	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville	151	0.27	–	none listed
	Marijuana	Danny Légaré	107	0.19	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,354	100.0
Total rejected ballots			977	1.16	+0.14
Turnout			57,331	68.01	+1.87
Eligible voters			84,301
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+9.52
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ruth Ellen Brosseau	22,942	42.24%	+2.61	$41,378.43
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Perron	13,969	25.72%	−3.66	$54,785.38
	Liberal	Pierre Destrempes	11,028	20.31%	+6.02	$16,329.10
	Conservative	Marianne Foucrault	5,527	10.18%	−3.76	$7,559.45
	Green	Victoria Cate May Burton	844	1.55%	−0.55	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$218,838.34
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,310	66.14%	–
Eligible voters			82,109
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]