Raymond Côté

Raymond Côté (born January 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Beauport—Limoilou as a member of the New Democratic Party.

Raymond Côté
Shadow Minister for Small Business and Tourism
In office May 26, 2011 – April 18, 2012
Leader	Jack Layton Nycole Turmel
Preceded by	Navdeep Bains Gerry Byrne
Succeeded by	Francois Lapointe
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Beauport—Limoilou
In office 2011–2015
Preceded by	Sylvie Boucher
Succeeded by	Alupa Clarke
Personal details
Born	January 10, 1967 Quebec City, Quebec
Political party	New Democratic Party
Profession	Public servant

Prior to being elected, Côté worked for Services Québec. He ran unsuccessfully in Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in both the 2006 and 2008 elections. Côté has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université Laval in economics and international relations. In the 2018 New Democratic Party of Quebec leadership election, Côté stood for leadership of the restarted provincial-level NDP, but he lost to Raphaël Fortin.

Electoral history

2018 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Québec solidaire	Sol Zanetti	10,304	34.68	+20.58[2]
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christiane Gamache	9,635	32.43	+8.65
	Liberal	Gertrude Bourdon	5,305	17.86	-19.41
	Parti Québécois	Claire Vignola	2,764	9.30	-13.10
	Conservative	Anne Deblois	520	1.75	+0.96
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	399	1.34	New
	Green	Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille	342	1.15	New
	Parti nul	Charles Verreault-Lemieux	192	0.65	-0.58
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Marie-Pierre Deschênes	153	0.51	New
	Équipe autonomiste	Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie	52	0.18	New
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Moreau	44	0.15	+0.01
Total valid votes			29,710	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Québec solidaire gain from Liberal		Swing		–

2015 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Limoilou
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alupa Clarke	15,461	30.58	+5.3	–
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	12,881	25.48	-20.42	–
	Liberal	Antoine Bujold	12,854	25.41	+19.06	–
	Bloc Québécois	Doni Berberi	7,467	14.77	-5.37	–
	Green	Dalila Elhak	1,220	2.41	+0.55	–
	Libertarian	Francis Bedard	423	0.84	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Moreau	128	0.25	+0.02	–
	Strength in Democracy	Bladimir Laborit	124	0.25	–	$1,075.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,558	100.0		$213,227.45
Total rejected ballots			941	–	–
Turnout			51,499	–	–
Eligible voters			78,601
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+12.86
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2011 Canadian federal election: 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	–	–

References

1. Election 2011: Beauport—Limoilou. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
2. Percentage change calculated from combined result of Quebec solidaire and Option nationale at the 2014 election.
3. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Beauport—Limoilou, 30 September 2015
4. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Raymond Côté – Parliament of Canada biography