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Alexis Deschênes
MP
Member of Parliament
for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 28, 2025
Preceded byDiane Lebouthillier
Personal details
PartyBloc Québécois
Other political
affiliations
Parti Québécois

Alexis Deschênes MP is a Canadian politician from the Bloc Québécois. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[1] He unseated cabinet minister Diane Lebouthillier.[2] He was previously a lawyer and journalist.[3] He was elected vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.

In the 2014 Quebec general election, he was a candidate for the Parti Québécois in Trois-Rivières, and again in the 2022 Quebec general election in Bonaventure, but was not elected.

At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Carleton-sur-Mer.[4]

Electoral record

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2025 Canadian federal election: Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisAlexis Deschênes26,09145.79+1.45$29,098.29
LiberalDiane Lebouthillier21,81738.29–1.47$90,115.33
ConservativeJean-Pierre Pigeon7,04712.37+4.11$1,850.29
New DemocraticDenise Giroux1,0051.76–2.51$0.00
RhinocerosShawn Grenier5721.00N/A$0.00
People'sChristian Rioux4520.79–1.22$1,566.13
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,98498.54–$153,917.81
Total rejected ballots 8451.46
Turnout 57,82960.48
Eligible voters 95,615
Bloc Québécois notional hold Swing +1.46
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2022 Quebec general election: Bonaventure
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecCatherine Blouin9,91944.45+28.45
Parti QuébécoisAlexis Deschênes6,70830.06–8.40
Québec solidaireCatherine Cyr Wright2,41710.83–4.17
LiberalChristian Cyr1,9118.56–16.96
ConservativeFrançois Therrien1,2195.46New
L'Union fait la forceAnne Marie Lauzon820.37New
Climat QuébecJocelyn Rioux570.26New
Total valid votes 22,31398.86
Total rejected ballots 2571.14+0.04
Turnout 22,57062.76+0.50
Electors on the lists 35,960
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +18.42
Source: Élections Québec[7]
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJean-Denis Girard11,65839.16
Parti QuébécoisAlexis Deschênes8,45228.39
Coalition Avenir QuébecDiego Brunelle6,63422.28
Québec solidaireJean-Claude Landry2,5318.50
ConservativePierre-Louis Bonneau2600.87
Option nationaleAndré de Repentigny2380.80
Total valid votes 29,77398.05
Total rejected ballots 5931.95
Turnout 30,36669.00
Electors on the lists 43,721–

References

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  1. ↑ Canadienne, La Presse (2025-04-28). "Alerte: Alexis Deschênes est élu dans Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine–Listuguj". L’actualité (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. ↑ Thibault, Jean-Philippe (2025-04-28). "La Gaspésie en bleu : fin de parcours pour Diane Lebouthillier | Journal Le Soir" (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  3. ↑ Lawrence, Gary (2015-11-02). "Changer de vie: le journaliste devenu avocat". L’actualité (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  4. ↑ "forty-fifth general election 2025".
  5. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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