Donald Martel

Donald Martel
MNA
Donald Martel MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet-Bécancour
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 September 2012
Preceded by	Jean-Martin Aussant
Personal details
Born	7 August 1964 (age 60); Grand-Mère, Quebec
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec ; Parti Quebecois (-2008)

Donald Martel is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2012 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Nicolet-Bécancour as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

Martel has a bachelor's degree in administration. He was selected as both secretary-treasurer and director general of the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC) in 1994, and continues to hold the first position as of 2009. He has also been the responsable administratif for the Centre local de développement (CLD) in Nicolet-Yamaska since 1998.^[2] Between 1999 and 2003, he was president of l’Association des directeurs généraux des MRC du Québec.^[3] He has also taken part in a local campaign against cannabis.^[4]

Martel ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in Nicolet-Yamaska in the 2007 election, finishing second with 7,455 votes (28.32%) against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Éric Dorion. He resigned as president of the local Parti Québécois association in April 2008, arguing that his civic duties were inconsistent with partisan political activity.^[5]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Bécancour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Donald Martel
	Conservative	Mario Lyonnais
	Parti Québécois	Philippe Dumas
	Québec solidaire	Jacques Thériault Watso
	Liberal	Marie-Josée Jacques
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots				–
Turnout
Electors on the lists				–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Bécancour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Donald Martel	15,562	55.29	+16.65
	Parti Québécois	Lucie Allard	4,423	15.71	-6.55
	Liberal	Marie-Claude Durand	3,539	12.57	-15.24
	Québec solidaire	François Poisson	3,474	12.34	+4.42
	Conservative	Jessie Mc Nicoll	576	2.05	+0.54
	Green	Vincent Marcotte	403	1.43	–
	Bloc Pot	Blak D. Blackburn	170	0.6	–
Total valid votes			28,147	98.06
Total rejected ballots			556	1.94
Turnout			28,703	71.77	-2.43
Eligible voters			39,995
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		+11.6
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Donald Martel	11,168	38.64	+6.63
	Liberal	Denis Vallée	8,038	27.81	+5.34
	Parti Québécois	Jean-René Dubois	6,433	22.26	+3.72
	Québec solidaire	Marc Dion	2,290	7.92	–
	Option nationale	Marjolaine Lachapelle	638	2.21	-23.64
	Conservative	Guillaume Laquerre	333	1.15	+0.01
Total valid votes			28,900	98.27	–
Total rejected ballots			510	1.73	–
Turnout			29,410	74.20	-4.41
Electors on the lists			39,638	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Donald Martel	9,745	32.01	+4.65
	Option nationale	Jean-Martin Aussant	7,869	25.85	–
	Liberal	Marc Descôteaux	6,840	22.47	-11.51
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Mayrand	5,644	18.54	-16.24
	Conservative	Mathieu Benoit	348	1.14	–
Total valid votes			30,446	98.54	–
Total rejected ballots			450	1.46	–
Turnout			30,896	78.61
Electors on the lists			39,304	–	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois			Swing	+10.44

v t e 2007 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Éric Dorion	10,839	41.18	+18.64
	Parti Québécois	Donald Martel	7,455	28.32	-12.89
	Liberal	Yves Baril	6,770	25.72	-8.40
	Québec solidaire	Jean Proulx	1,121	4.26
	Independent	Simonne Lizotte	138	0.52	-0.02
Total valid votes			26,323	98.73
Rejected and declined votes			339	1.27
Turnout			26,662	77.73
Electors on the lists			34,301
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

^ Nicolet-Yamaska
^ Mission-Palée Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, CLD Nicolet-Yamaska, retrieved 19 November 2009.
^ Donald Martel candidat du Parti Québécois dans Nicolet-Yamaska Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 12 February 2007, retrieved 19 November 2009.
^ Lutte au cannabis: Nicolet-Yamaska fournira des informations à la SQ Archived 3 September 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 7 May 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009; Mark Aubry, Six autres organismes joignent Stop Cannabis, Cyberpress.ca, 30 September 2009, retrieved 19 November 2009.
^ PQ: Donald Martel démissionne Archived 6 September 2012 at archive.today, La Nouvelle/L'Union, 7 April 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009.

External links

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

[1] Nicolet-Yamaska

[2] Mission-Palée Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, CLD Nicolet-Yamaska, retrieved 19 November 2009.

[3] Donald Martel candidat du Parti Québécois dans Nicolet-Yamaska Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 12 February 2007, retrieved 19 November 2009.

[4] Lutte au cannabis: Nicolet-Yamaska fournira des informations à la SQ Archived 3 September 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 7 May 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009; Mark Aubry, Six autres organismes joignent Stop Cannabis, Cyberpress.ca, 30 September 2009, retrieved 19 November 2009.

[5] PQ: Donald Martel démissionne Archived 6 September 2012 at archive.today, La Nouvelle/L'Union, 7 April 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009.

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