Jacques Vien
Canadian politician
Intro | Canadian politician | |
Places | Canada | |
was | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 3 March 1932, Montreal, Canada | |
Death | 8 July 2017 (aged 85 years) | |
Star sign | Pisces | |
Politics: | Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada |
Jacques Vien (3 March 1932 – 8 July 2017) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. By career, he was a businessman and a bailiff.
Born in Verdun, Quebec), he was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Laurentides electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament after which he was defeated by Bloc Québécois candidate Monique Guay in the 1993 federal election. He also campaigned unsuccessfully to regain the seat for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections.
He died on 8 July 2017 at the age of 85.
Laurentides | 1988 Canadian federal election:||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Jacques Vien | 31,000 | 55.20 | $46,393 | ||||
Liberal | Serge Paquette | 15,752 | 28.05 | . | $44,288 | |||
New Democratic | Bill Clay | 7,755 | 13.81 | $12,206 | ||||
Rhinoceros | Serge Hébert | 1,408 | 2.51 | . | $0 | |||
Commonwealth of Canada | Jean Vigneault | 249 | 0.44 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 56,164 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,056 | |||||||
Turnout | 57,220 | 72.57 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 78,847 |