Yves Perron

Yves Perron MP
President of the Bloc Québécois
Incumbent
Assumed office August 22, 2018
Leader	Mario Beaulieu (interim) Yves-François Blanchet
Preceded by	Mario Beaulieu
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Berthier—Maskinongé
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Ruth Ellen Brosseau
Personal details
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec

Yves Perron MP (fr) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election. He represents the electoral district of Berthier—Maskinongé as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Perron also serves as President of the party.

Political career

In his first attempt to become Member of Parliament for Berthier—Maskinongé, in 2015, Perron came second to New Democratic Party incumbent Ruth Ellen Brosseau with 25.8% of the vote.

Between 2015 and 2019, he was actively involved in the Quebec independence movement, as regional president of the Parti Québécois for Lanaudière between 2016 and 2018, as well as serving as riding president of the Bloc Québécois in Berthier—Maskinongé.

Following the leadership crisis of Martine Ouellet as head of the Bloc Québécois, he became national president of the Bloc Québécois.

Since 2021 he has served as the critic of agriculture, agri-food and supply management in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ruth Ellen Brosseau	22,942	42.24%	+2.61	$41,378.43
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Perron	13,969	25.72%	−3.66	$54,785.38
	Liberal	Pierre Destrempes	11,028	20.31%	+6.02	$16,329.10
	Conservative	Marianne Foucrault	5,527	10.18%	−3.76	$7,559.45
	Green	Victoria Cate May Burton	844	1.55%	−0.55	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$218,838.34
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			54,310	66.14%	–
Eligible voters			82,109
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Yves Perron – Parliament of Canada biography