Francine Lalonde

Francine Lalonde
Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île (Mercier; 1993–2004)
In office October 25, 1993 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Carole Jacques
Succeeded by	Ève Péclet
Personal details
Born	(1940-08-24)August 24, 1940 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Died	January 17, 2014(2014-01-17) (aged 73) Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Montreal
Profession	Politician lecturer teacher unionist

Francine Lalonde (August 24, 1940 – January 17, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist.

She was minister responsible for the status of women in the Lévesque government from January 16, 1985, until June 5, 1985. She resigned following her defeat to Robert Bourassa in the by-election of June 3, 1985, in the electoral district of Bertrand, failing to win a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec.

She was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the districts of La Pointe-de-l'Île from 2004 election to 2011, and Mercier from the 1993 election to 2004. She has in the past been the Bloc's critic of Human Resources Development and of Industry, and of Foreign Affairs.

In June 2005, Lalonde introduced in Parliament a private Bill C-407 that would have legalized assisted suicide in Canada. Re-elected in January 2006, she promised to reintroduce her bill to legalize assisted suicide.

On September 13, 2010, Lalonde announced she would not be a candidate for re-election following the expiration of her current mandate "because of the re-emergence of my cancer and the need to pursue new treatments". She died of cancer on January 17, 2014.

Electoral record

2008 Canadian federal election: La Pointe-de-l'Île
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde (incumbent)	25,976	56.09	−4.37	$54,814
	Liberal	Oumy Sarr	7,403	15.99	+1.88	$7,501
	New Democratic	Isabelle McGuire	5,975	12.90	+5.89	none listed
	Conservative	Hubert Pichet	5,179	11.18	−4.06	$49,752
	Green	Domita Cundari	1,340	2.89	−0.29	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Ben 97 Benoit	261	0.56	–	$1,608
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	177	0.38	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,311	100.0	–	$84,945
Total rejected ballots			688	1.46
Turnout			46,999	59.46	−2.86
Eligible voters			79,049
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2006 Canadian federal election: La Pointe-de-l'Île
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde (incumbent)	29,368	60.46	−6.01	$62,051
	Conservative	Christian Prévost	7,402	15.24	+11.00	$7,391
	Liberal	Marie-Migniaud Dominique	6,855	14.11	−8.82	$9,649
	New Democratic	Nicolas Tremblay	3,407	7.01	+3.22	$1,505
	Green	Benjamin Rankin	1,544	3.18	+0.61	$12
Total valid votes			48,576	100.00
Total rejected ballots			739
Turnout			49,315	62.32	+3.14
Electors on the lists			79,135
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 Canadian federal election: La Pointe-de-l'Île
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	30,713	66.47	+13.35	$58,592
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	10,593	22.93	−9.79	$62,081
	Conservative	Christian Prévost	1,961	4.24	−3.11	$5,476
	New Democratic	André Langevin	1,751	3.79	+2.69	none listed
	Green	André Levert	1,186	2.57	–	none listed
Total valid votes			46,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,075
Turnout			47,279	59.18
Electors on the lists			79,894
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2000 Canadian federal election: Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	24,755	52.87	+1.81	$59,075
	Liberal	Normand Biron	15,416	32.93	+3.81	$66,350
	Green	Richard Savignac	1,813	3.87		$3,116
	Alliance	J. Marc-Antoine Delsoin	1,684	3.60		$365
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Gelgoot	1,629	3.48	−14.13	none listed
	Marijuana	Eric Duquette	937	2.00	–	none listed
	New Democratic	Nicholas Vikander	480	1.03	−0.57	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	104	0.22	−0.40	$10
Total valid votes			46,818	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,543
Turnout			48,361	63.27	−8.50
Electors on the lists			76,437
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election: Mercier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	24,649	51.06		$54,212
	Liberal	René Bourgeault	14,061	29.12	–	$43,179
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Champagne	8,500	17.61		$2,830
	New Democratic	Cathy Milner	772	1.60		$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	297	0.62		$0
Total valid votes			48,279	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,487
Turnout			50,766	71.77
Electors on the lists			70,737
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	34,139
	Liberal	Magda Tadros	11,700
	Independent	Carole Jacques	8,992
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald Lacoste	2,720
	New Democratic	Guy D'Amours,	789
	Abolitionist	William-John Apostol	207
	Commonwealth of Canada	Pierre Aylwin	128

1989 Quebec general election: Saint-Henri
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Nicole Loiselle	10,765	47.07
	Parti Québécois	Francine Lalonde	10,286	44.97
	Green	Perceval Shaun	978	4.28
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre Fafard	530	2.32
	Workers	Serge Turmel	180	0.79
	Marxist–Leninist	Stéphane Chénier	66	0.29
	Communist	Joan Doiron	66	0.29
Total valid votes			22,871	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			662
Turnout			23,533	70.56
Electors on the lists			33,350
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec provincial by-election, June 3, 1985: Bertrand
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa	15,490	57.97
	Parti Québécois	Francine Lalonde	10,217	38.23
	Independent	Joseph Arthur Laurent Alie	408	1.53
	United Social Credit	Joseph Ranger	182	0.68
	Commonwealth of Canada	Paul Rochon	162	0.61
	Non-Affiliated	Carolle Caron	135	0.51
	Non-Affiliated	Patricia Métivier	129	0.48
Total valid votes			26,723
Rejected and declined votes			567
Turnout			27,290	68.61
Electors on the lists			39,776
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec

See also

• 1985 Parti Québécois leadership election
• Politics of Quebec
• Quebec sovereignty movement

External links

• Francine Lalonde – Parliament of Canada biography