Bernard Généreux (born April 23, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the
electoral district
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of
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was ...
in the
House of Commons
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in the
federal by-elections on November 9, 2009. He is a member of the
Conservative Party
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Prior to his election, Généreux served as Mayor of
La Pocatière
La Pocatière is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Demographics
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. He was initially declared reelected in his riding in the
2011 election, but it was announced on May 5, 2011, that verification of the polling station tallies had given the riding to his
New Democratic Party
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opponent
François Lapointe by just five votes, after 110 votes for Lapointe were reportedly allocated in error to the
Green Party
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candidate on election night.
Following a
judicial recount
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Lapointe was declared elected. Généreux was again a candidate for the
2015 election,
where he won with over 200 votes. He was re-elected in the
2019 federal election.
Electoral record
References
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1962 births
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
French Quebecers
Living people
Mayors of places in Quebec
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
People from Bas-Saint-Laurent
Université Laval alumni
21st-century Canadian politicians
People from Chaudière-Appalaches