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Lionel Carmant
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Lionel Carmant in 2023
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Taillon | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Diane Lamarre |
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| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| Residences | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | Physician |
Lionel Carmant is a Canadian politician and doctor. He is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, which is the group of people elected to make laws for the province of Quebec. He represents an area called Taillon.
Before becoming a politician, Carmant worked as a physician, which is a type of doctor. He was elected to the National Assembly on October 1, 2018, as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec political party.
Political Career
As a politician, Lionel Carmant took on an important role related to health in Quebec's government. In October 2018, he became the Associate Minister for Health.
One of his first tasks was to help create stricter rules for public health and safety. The government decided to raise the legal age for buying and using certain products from 18 to 21 years old to better protect young people's health.
Electoral record
| Quebec general election, 2022: Taillon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Lionel Carmant | |||||||
| Parti Québécois | Andrée-Anne Bouvette-Turcot | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | |||||||
| Liberal | Omar Cissé | |||||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Marc Boyer | |||||||
| Climat | Frédéric Ouellet | – | ||||||
| UFF | Pierre Savignac | – | ||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
| Quebec general election, 2018: Taillon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Lionel Carmant | 12,186 | 33.76 | +9.54 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Diane Lamarre | 10,138 | 28.08 | -5.72 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 6,382 | 17.68 | +6.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Mohammed Barhone | 6,042 | 16.74 | -13.24 | ||||
| Green | Mel-Lyna Cadieux Walker | 766 | 2.12 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jonathan Leduc | 349 | 0.97 | |||||
| Conservative | Gerardin Verty | 235 | 0.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,098 | 98.38 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 595 | 1.62 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,693 | 69.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 53,083 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +7.63 | ||||||
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References
| Quebec Provincial Government of François Legault | ||
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| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Position Created | Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services October 18, 2018–present |
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