Bernard Généreux

Bernard Généreux
MP
Bernard Généreux MP
	Généreux in 2018
Member of Parliament; for Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 19, 2015
Preceded by	François Lapointe
	In office; November 9, 2009 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Paul Crête
Succeeded by	François Lapointe
Mayor of La Pocatière
	In office; 2005–2009
Preceded by	André Théberge
Succeeded by	Sylvain Hudon
Personal details
Born	April 23, 1962 (age 62); La Pocatière, Quebec
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Tracy Haw
Children	Tristan, ; Kaïla
Residence	Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec
Profession	Entrepreneur
	Source: BernardGenereux.ca (French)

Bernard Généreux MP (born April 23, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the electoral district of Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in the House of Commons in the federal by-elections on November 9, 2009. He is a member of the Conservative Party.^[2]

Prior to his election, Généreux served as Mayor of La Pocatière. 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 opponent François Lapointe by just five votes,^[3] after 110 votes for Lapointe were reportedly allocated in error to the Green Party candidate on election night.^[4] Following a judicial recount,^[4] Lapointe was declared elected.^[5] Généreux was again a candidate for the 2015 election,^[6] where he won with over 200 votes. He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election.

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	24,118	50.46	+8.80	$57,587.54
	Bloc Québécois	Simon Bérubé	12,523	26.20	-6.07	$0.00
	Liberal	François Lapointe	8,371	17.51	+1.22	$18,377.55
	New Democratic	Sean English	1,597	3.34	-3.57	$181.66
	Free	Nancy Rochon	919	1.92	–	$806.33
	Rhinoceros	Thibaud Mony	269	0.56	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,797	–	–	$110,137.98
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				60.86	-4.69
Eligible voters			78,533
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.44
Source: Elections Canada^[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	20,989	41.65	+11.66	$60,089.97
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Gagnon	16,261	32.27	+16.15	$19,069.27
	Liberal	Aladin Legault d'Auteuil	8,210	16.29	-12.14	none listed
	New Democratic	Hugo Latulippe	3,481	6.91	-17.29	none listed
	Green	Denis Ducharme	1,030	2.04	+0.37	none listed
	People's	Serge Haché	417	0.83	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,388	98.10
Total rejected ballots			976	1.90
Turnout			51,364	65.46
Eligible voters			78,461
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.74
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2015 Canadian federal election: Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	14,274	28.99	-7.35	$77,412.02
	Liberal	Marie-Josée Normand	14,002	28.43	+22.66	$14,137.69
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	11,918	24.20	-12.16	$42,243.41
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Gagnon	7,939	16.12	-3.97	$23,835.49
	Green	Chantal Breton	823	1.67	+0.22	–
	Rhinoceros	Bien Gras Gagné	287	0.58	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,243	100.0		$212,861.18
Total rejected ballots			777	1.50	+0.10
Turnout			50,020	63.72	+2.66
Eligible voters			78,489
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+4.81
These results were subject to a judicial recount,^[10] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Bernard Généreux over Marie-Josée Normand increased from 269 votes to 272 votes as a result of the recount.^[11]
Source: Elections Canada^[12]^[13]

2011 Canadian federal election: Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	17,285	36.36	+31.58	$1,995.19
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	17,276	36.34	-6.33	$79,493.77
	Bloc Québécois	Nathalie Arsenault	9,550	20.09	-17.58	$66,461.89
	Liberal	Andrew Caddell	2,743	5.77	-7.55	$11,840.48
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	691	1.45	-0.21	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,545	100.0		$87,227.52
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			677	1.40	+0.48
Turnout			48,222	61.06	+24.13
Eligible voters			78,969
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.96
This vote was subject to mandatory judicial recount due to the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes. The validated results resulted in Lapointe's victory by a margin of 5 votes. After the recount by a judge, M. Lapointe was confirmed the winner on 13 May 2011, this time by a margin of 9 votes. Changes are based on results from the 2009 by-election.
Sources:^[14]^[15]

Canadian federal by-election, November 9, 2009: Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	12,162	42.67	+12.03	$85,278.26
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Gagnon	10,737	37.67	-8.36	$74,821.57
	Liberal	Marcel Catellier	3,768	13.22	-2.13	$28,252.66
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	1,363	4.78	-0.67	$24,823.51
	Green	Charles Marois	472	1.66	-0.54	none listed
Total valid votes			28,502	100.0		$86,257
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			264	0.92	-0.27
Turnout			28,766	36.93	-20.56
Eligible voters			77,877
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+10.20
By-election due to the resignation of Paul Crête