Introduction
Sylvie Boucher (born December 18, 1962 in Victoriaville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party who was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou, Quebec in the 2006 election by a margin of 812 votes over her Bloc Québécois opponent.
On February 7, 2006, Boucher was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. On April 10, 2007 she also became Parliamentary Secretary for La Francophonie and Official Languages. On October 10, 2007 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Status of Women. She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Raymond Côté of the New Democratic Party.
Boucher has studied office systems technology, gerontology, information technology and literature. Before politics, she worked in the private sector and specialized in marketing and sales. Later, she worked in the National Assembly of Quebec with various jobs; she also served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Canadian Minister of Tourism.
She returned to parliament in the 2015 election and defeated incumbent Jonathan Tremblay in the new riding of Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boucher | 16,903 | 33.53 | +10.53 | – | |||
| Liberal | Jean-Roger Vigneau | 13,556 | 26.89 | +21.55 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Dufour | 9,650 | 19.14 | -12.51 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Jonathan Tremblay | 9,306 | 18.46 | -19.79 | – | |||
| Green | Patrick Kerr | 859 | 1.7 | -0.01 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Mario Desjardins Pelchat | 182 | 0.36 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,406 | 100.0 | $219,234.02 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 846 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 51,302 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,452 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +15.16 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Beauport—Limoilou | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 24,306 | 46.07 | +33.85 | ||||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boucher | 13,845 | 26.24 | -10.52 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Michel Létourneau | 10,250 | 19.43 | -13.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Lorraine Chartier | 3,162 | 5.99 | -8.37 | ||||
| Green | Louise Courville | 950 | 1.80 | -0.98 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Anne-Marie Genest | 124 | 0.24 | - | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 122 | 0.23 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,759 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 843 | 1.57 | -0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,602 | 63.26 | +3.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,738 | – | – | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Conservative | Swing | +22.19 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008: Beauport—Limoilou | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boucher | 17,994 | 36.76 | -2.68 | $48,176 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Éléonore Mainguy | 15,962 | 32.61 | -5.26 | $28,254 | |||
| Liberal | Yves Picard | 7,030 | 14.36 | +4.32 | $19,558 | |||
| New Democratic | Simon-Pierre Beaudet | 5,986 | 12.22 | +4.24 | $4,297 | |||
| Green | Luc Côté | 1,363 | 2.78 | -1.30 | $0 | |||
| Independent | Simon Bédard | 610 | 1.23 | – | – | $5,911 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,945 | 100.00 | $87,843 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 849 | 1.71 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,794 | 59.40 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.29 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006: Beauport—Limoilou | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Sylvie Boucher | 19,409 | 39.54 | $46,042 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Simard | 18,589 | 37.87 | 47,697 | ||||
| Liberal | Yves Picard | 4,929 | 10.04 | – | $28,843 | |||
| New Democratic | Simone-Pierre Beaudet | 3,917 | 7.98 | $3,093 | ||||
| Green | Mario Laprise | 2,005 | 4.08 | – | $913 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean Bédard | 234 | 0.48 | – | not listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 49,083 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 638 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,721 | 59.67 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 83,327 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||