François Rebello

François Rebello
François Rebello
MNA for La Prairie
	In office; 2008–2012
Preceded by	Monique Roy Verville
Succeeded by	Stéphane Le Bouyonnec
Personal details
Born	November 25, 1970 (age 54); Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Parti Québécois (2008-2012); Coalition Avenir Québec (2012-present)

François Rebello (born November 25, 1970) is a Canadian politician. Rebello is a former MNA in the province of Quebec. Rebello represented the riding of La Prairie in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election, after an unsuccessful run in 2007. He was elected as a member of the Parti Québécois, but then joined the Coalition Avenir Québec. He was defeated in 2012.

On January 9, 2012, he announced he was joining the Coalition Avenir Québec, citing his admiration for its leader, François Legault. He had stated his loyalty to the Parti Québécois' chief, Pauline Marois, a couple of weeks prior to his defection.^[1] He was the CAQ's fifth member of the National Assembly and the third to be a former member of the Parti Québécois.^[2] In the 2012 provincial election, Rebello ran for the CAQ in the new electoral district of Sanguinet, but was defeated by Alain Therrien of the Parti Québécois.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2008 Quebec general election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	François Rebello	16,382	44.83
	Liberal	Marc Savard	13,678	37.43
	Action démocratique	Monique Roy Verville	5,178	14.17
	Québec solidaire	Danielle Maire	760	2.08
	Independent	Martin McNeil	392	1.07
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	150	0.41
Total valid votes			36,540	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			584
Turnout			37,124	63.62
Electors on the lists			58,350
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 2007 Quebec general election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Action démocratique	Monique Roy Verville	14,453	33.79
	Parti Québécois	François Rebello	13,168	30.79
	Liberal	Jean Dubuc	12,251	28.64
	Green	Louis Corbeil	1,605	3.75
	Québec solidaire	Antoine Pich	818	1.91
	Bloc Pot	Guy Latour	238	0.56
	Independent	Martin McNeil	179	0.42
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	60	0.14
Total valid votes			42,772	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			442
Turnout			43,214	77.50
Electors on the lists			55,758
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

^ "François Rebello passe à la CAQ". Le Devoir (in French). Le Devoir 2002-2012. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
^ "Another PQ MNA joins new Coalition Quebec party". CBC News. January 9, 2012.
^ "Rebello et Barrette mordent la poussière". 985fm (in French). La Presse Canadienne. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.