Tarik Brahmi

Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean from 2011, when he defeated incumbent Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois, until 2015, and sat with New Democratic Party caucus.

Tarik Brahmi
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Saint-Jean
In office
May 2, 2011  October 19, 2015
Preceded byClaude Bachand
Succeeded byJean Rioux
Personal details
Born (1968-05-19) May 19, 1968
Lyon, France
Political partyNew Democratic Party
ProfessionEngineer, consultant, politician

Born in Lyon, France with a father from Toudja, Algeria, he graduated from the Université de Montpellier in 1991 with a degree in Microelectronics and Control Engineering. He became interested in environmental causes in 1995, and worked in software development. He immigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006. He was a candidate for the municipal council of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2009.

Prior to being elected to parliament, he worked as a senior interviewer for Statistics Canada. Brahmi did not stand in the 2015 federal election.

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticTarik Brahmi24,89947.4%-
Bloc QuébécoisClaude Bachand16,02330.5%-
ConservativeJean Thouin5,60110.7%-
LiberalRobert David4,6438.8%-
GreenPierre Tremblay1,3222.5%-
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,488 100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

References

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