François Bonnardel

The Honourable
François Bonnardel
MNA
The Honourable François Bonnardel MNA
Quebec Minister of Public Security
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 20 2022
Preceded by	Geneviève Guilbault
Quebec Minister of Transport
	In office; October 18, 2018 – October 20, 2022
Premier	Francois Legault
Preceded by	André Fortin
Succeeded by	Geneviève Guilbault
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Granby
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 4, 2012
Preceded by	riding created
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Shefford
	In office; March 26, 2007 – September 3, 2012
Preceded by	Bernard Brodeur
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	November 8, 1967 (age 56); Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Political party	ADQ 2007-2012 ; CAQ 2012-

François Bonnardel (born November 8, 1967) is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, for the riding of Granby.^[1] He previously represented the now-defunct Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) party, but now represents the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), following the merger of the ADQ with the CAQ. On October 18, 2018, he was appointed as Minister of Transport in Quebec Premier Francois Legault's cabinet.^[2] Following the CAQ re-election in 2022 election, he was appointed as Minister of Public Security.

Political career[edit]

Bonnardel was first elected in the riding of Shefford in the 2007 election with 42% of the vote after a late surge vaulted the ADQ to Official Opposition status. Liberal incumbent Bernard Brodeur finished second with 28% of the vote.

On March 29, 2007, Bonnardel was appointed Opposition House Whip.^[3]^[4]

Bonnardel was considered a potential candidate in the 2009 ADQ leadership race, but ultimately endorsed, and became a campaign chair for, Gilles Taillon.^[5] Taillon won the leadership, but as he was not a sitting MNA, Bonnardel served as the party's leader in the National Assembly.

On January 23, 2012, he was named a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec party executive.^[6]

Due to riding redistribution, the riding of Shefford was split, and Bonnardel was elected in the new riding of Granby in the 2012 election. In the 2014 election, Bonnardel won his riding with a larger majority than any other CAQ candidate (10,881 votes over the second-place candidate, Joanne Lalumière of the Parti québécois). In April 2014, he was appointed CAQ House Leader.^[7]^[8]

Personal life[edit]

Bonnardel was born in Verdun, Quebec. Bonnardel's father was born in Marseille, France. His mother is from Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec.^[9]

After studies at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean and the Cégep du Vieux Montréal in sciences, Bonnardel was a clerk for personal and business finances and was also a manager and owner of local auto part companies in Granby.^[1] He was also a member of the Brome-Missisquoi and Haute-Yamaska Chamber of Commerces in the Eastern Townships region and an organization committee member for the Canadian Red Cross (Quebec Division).^[1]

On April 23, 2009, Bonnardel and Nathalie Normandeau, the Deputy Premier of Quebec and a member of the Liberal government, announced that they were dating.^[10] The unusual relationship, between a government minister and one of the government's opposition critics, ended in 2010.^[11]

Electoral record[edit]

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Granby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Bonnardel	21,515	58.19	-4.19
	Québec solidaire	Anne-Sophie Legault	5,282	14.29	+0.26
	Parti Québécois	Guy Bouthillier	4,378	11.84	+2.19
	Conservative	Stéphane Bernier	3,737	10.11	+9.12
	Liberal	Penny Lamarre	1,758	4.76	-9.27
	Green	Andrzej Wisniowski	263	0.71	-0.76
	Équipe Autonomiste	Jimmy Paquin	38	0.10	–
Total valid votes			36,971	98.78	–
Total rejected ballots			458	1.22	–
Turnout			37,429	68.14
Electors on the lists			54,933

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Granby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Bonnardel	22,570	62.38	+9.34
	Québec solidaire	Anne-Sophie Legault	5,075	14.03	+9.53
	Liberal	Lyne Laverdure	3,881	10.73	-8.45
	Parti Québécois	Chantal Beauchemin	3,491	9.65	-12.3
	Green	Daphné Poulin	531	1.47	–
	Conservative	Pierre Bélanger	358	0.99	–
	Parti nul	Stéphane Deschamps	158	0.44	-0.37
	Bloc Pot	Kevin Robidas	119	0.33	–
Total valid votes			36,183	98.78
Total rejected ballots			448	1.22
Turnout			36,631	69.82	+0.31
Eligible voters			52,468
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		-0.095
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Bonnardel	18,441	53.04
	Parti Québécois	Joanne Lalumière	7,630	21.95
	Liberal	Pascal Proulx	6,669	19.18
	Québec solidaire	André Beauregard	1,565	4.50
	Parti nul	Stéphane Deschamps	281	0.81
	Option nationale	Jocelyn Beaudoin	179	0.51
Total valid votes			34,765	98.75
Total rejected ballots			440	1.25
Turnout			35,205	69.51
Electors on the lists			50,650	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Bonnardel	19,517	52.14
	Parti Québécois	Luc Perron	8,502	22.71
	Liberal	Guy Gaudord	6,051	16.17
	Québec solidaire	Éric Bédard	2,121	5.67
	Option nationale	Jocelyn Beaudoin	477	1.27
	Conservative	Stéphane Gagné	368	0.98
	Parti nul	Stéphane Deschamps	261	0.70
	Coalition pour la constituante	Francine St-Onge	135	0.36
Total valid votes			37,432	98.76
Total rejected ballots			471	1.24
Turnout			37,903	76.13
Electors on the lists			49,786	–

2008 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Action démocratique	François Bonnardel	11,271	34.63
Liberal	Jean-Claude Tremblay	11,201	34.42
Parti Québécois	Jean-François Arseneault	8,019	24.64
Québec solidaire	Ginette Moreau	1,085	3.33
Green	Martin Giard	789	2.42	–
Independent	Lucie Piédalue	181	0.56

Footnotes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "François Bonnardel - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
^ Inside the CAQ cabinet: François Legault names 13 women, 13 men. Montreal Gazette, October 18, 2018.
^ Dumont désigne ses lieutenants. Radio-Canada, March 29, 2007.
^ Dumont présente les membres de son équipe. Cyberpresse, March 29, 2007.
^ Dougherty, Kevin (April 21, 2009). "Support builds for ADQ's Taillon". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. A8. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ Kevin Dougherty (January 23, 2012). "CAQ leader François Legault shows off party executive, 'ideal candidate'". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ Lessard, Denis (18 April 2014). "Les "officiers" de l'opposition: entre continuité et changement". La Presse. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^ "Granby". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^ Ouvert le Samedi. Radio-Canada, March 31, 2007.
^ "Quebec deputy premier admits relationship with opposition member". cbc.ca, April 23, 2009.
^ Doucet, Dany (1 August 2010). "Fin d'un amour périlleux". Le Journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links[edit]

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

Cabinet post (1)
Quebec provincial government of François Legault
Predecessor	Office	Successor
André Fortin	Minister of Transport October 18, 2018–present	Incumbent

Political offices
Preceded by Michel Morin (PQ)	Official Opposition House Whip 2007–2008	Succeeded by Nicole Léger
Preceded by Sylvie Roy	Coalition Avenir Québec House Leader 2014–present	Succeeded by

[:0-1] "François Bonnardel - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-26.

[2] Inside the CAQ cabinet: François Legault names 13 women, 13 men. Montreal Gazette, October 18, 2018.

[3] Dumont désigne ses lieutenants. Radio-Canada, March 29, 2007.

[4] Dumont présente les membres de son équipe. Cyberpresse, March 29, 2007.

[5] Dougherty, Kevin (April 21, 2009). "Support builds for ADQ's Taillon". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. A8. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via newspapers.com.

[6] Kevin Dougherty (January 23, 2012). "CAQ leader François Legault shows off party executive, 'ideal candidate'". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[7] Lessard, Denis (18 April 2014). "Les "officiers" de l'opposition: entre continuité et changement". La Presse. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

[8] "Granby". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

[9] Ouvert le Samedi. Radio-Canada, March 31, 2007.

[10] "Quebec deputy premier admits relationship with opposition member". cbc.ca, April 23, 2009.

[11] Doucet, Dany (1 August 2010). "Fin d'un amour périlleux". Le Journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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v t e Current members of the National Assembly of Quebec
Coalition Avenir Québec	Legault Abou-Khalil Allaire Asselin Bachand G. Bélanger S. Bélanger Bernard Biron Blais Blanchette Vézina Blouin Bogemans Boivin Roy Bonnardel Boulet Bourassa Bussière Caire Carmant Caron Champagne Jourdain Charest Charette Chassin D'Amours Déry Dionne Dorismond Drainville Dubé Dufour Duranceau Émond Fitzgibbon Fréchette Gagnon Gendron Girard (Groulx) Girard (Lac-Saint-Jean) Grondin Guilbault Guillemette Haytayan Hébert Jacques Jeannotte Jolin-Barrette Julien Lachance Lacombe Laforest Laframboise Lafrenière Lamontagne Lamothe LeBel I. Lecours L. Lecours Lefebvre Lemay Lemieux M. Lévesque S. Lévesque Mallette Martel Montigny Picard Poulet Poulin Proulx Provençal Reid Rivest Roberge Rouleau N. Roy S. Roy Sainte-Croix St-Louis Schmaltz Schneeberger Simard Skeete Soucy Tardif Thouin F. Tremblay S. Tremblay
Quebec Liberal Party	Tanguay Beauchemin Benjamin Cadet Caron Ciccone Derraji Dufour Fortin Garceau Kelley Lakhoyan Olivier Maccarone McGraw Morin Prass Rizqy Rotiroti Setlakwe
Québec solidaire	Nadeau-Dubois Bouazzi Cliche-Rivard Fontecilla Ghazal Grandmont Labrie Leduc Marissal Massé Zaga Mendez Zanetti
Parti Québécois†	St-Pierre Plamondon Arseneau Bérubé Paradis
Independent	Nichols
Party leaders listed first (in bold italics). Government members in bold denotes cabinet. † Party does not have official party status in the National Assembly.