Carole-Marie Allard

Carole-Marie Allard (born September 6, 1949) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of Canada's House of Commons. She represented the riding of Laval East from 2000 to 2004. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Non-medical use of drugs. She lost the 2004 election to Robert Carrier of the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Alfred-Pellan.

Carole-Marie Allard
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Laval East
In office
November 27, 2000 – June 28, 2004
Preceded byMaud Debien
Succeeded byDistrict abolished in 2003
Personal details
Born (1949-09-06) September 6, 1949
Dolbeau, Quebec
Political partyLiberal

She is a lawyer, former press attaché, former designer, organizer and presenter of media management training programs, a former spokesperson for a corporation, and she is a former journalist, writer and producer.

She is the stepmother of Mélanie Joly who is a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ahuntsic-Cartierville and also serves as the Minister of Canadian Heritage in the government of Justin Trudeau.

Partial electoral record
2004 Canadian federal election: Alfred-Pellan
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRobert Carrier26,23949.20+6.65$38,963
LiberalCarole-Marie Allard21,11639.59−5.18$70,978
ConservativeRosane Raymond2,7035.07−3.21$10,199
New DemocraticBenjamin Le Bel1,8493.47+2.48$2,108
GreenLouis-Philippe Verenka1,1322.12+0.98$0
IndependentYves Denois2040.38–none listed
IndependentRégent Millette890.17−0.27none listed
Total valid votes 53,232100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,1282.07
Turnout 54,46067.95
Eligible voters 80,148
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +5.92
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election: Laval East
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalCarole-Marie Allard26,01844.77+12.66$69,391
Bloc QuébécoisMathieu Alarie24,72642.55+4.09$71,179
Progressive ConservativeAndré G. Plourde2,4594.23−23.93none listed
AllianceRosane Raymond2,3544.05–$877
MarijuanaChristian Lajoie8921.53–$157
GreenFrédéric Gauvin6601.14–$108
New DemocraticSujata Dey5730.99−0.28none listed
IndependentRégent Millette2550.44–none listed
Marxist–LeninistGabriel Cornellier-Brunelle1780.31–$10
Total valid votes 58,11597.4
Total rejected ballots 1,5352.6
Turnout 59,65068.7
Eligible voters 86,759
Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +4.29
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Books
  • Allard, Carole-Marie (1990). Lavalin : les ficelles du pouvoir. Collection Gens du pays. Chicoutimi, Québec: Éditions JCL. pp. 317 p. : ill., 23 cm. ISBN 2920176897.
  • Allard, Carole-Marie (c. 1992). L'Affaire Claire Lortie : l'histoire du congélateur. Collection Énigmes. Chicoutimi, Québec: JCL. pp. 279 p. : ill., portr., 22 cm. ISBN 2894311079.
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