Alain Rayes

Alain Rayes MP (born December 11, 1971) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election. Rayes also served as the mayor of Victoriaville.

Alain Rayes MP
Conservative Party Quebec Lieutenant
In office July 20, 2017 – September 2, 2020
Leader	Andrew Scheer Erin O'Toole
Preceded by	Denis Lebel
Succeeded by	Richard Martel
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Richmond—Arthabaska
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	André Bellavance
Mayor of Victoriaville
In office November 9, 2009 – October 21, 2015
Preceded by	Roger Richard
Succeeded by	Christian Lettre (interim)
Personal details
Born	December 11, 1971 Victoriaville, Quebec
Political party	Conservative (Federal) CAQ (Provincial)
Other political affiliations	ADQ (2003–2012)
Residence	Victoriaville[1]

Biography

Alain Rayes is a native of Victoriaville, He is the eldest of four children of a family originally from Egypt.

He earned a bachelor of mathematics teaching and computer and picks later a Masters in Educational Administration. He began his career as a teacher before obtaining management positions, including Director of the Polyvalente Le Boise Victoriaville. He began his political career as a candidate for the ADQ alongside Mario Dumont in 2003, and later to Victoriaville in 2009. After six years as mayor, he decided to enter federal politics and was elected in October 2015 as the Conservative member for Richmond-Arthabaska.

Municipal achievements

Under Rayes' mayoralty in Victoriaville, activities included the construction of the cultural venue "Le Carré 150" Pool Édouard-Dubord, of Yvon-Paré Stadium, Gateway Beaudet reservoir, the park's entertainment site at the youth baseball place of Victoriaville Stadium, Sani-Marc sports Complex and the sport Complex Promutuel.

Federal politics

Upon his election as MP, he was appointed deputy spokesman for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. Within this portfolio, Rayes is in charge of the marijuana legalization issue. His public interventions will also be on the issue of electoral reform as he is identified with Gérard Deltell, among the official spokesmen of the party on this issue. Then in July 2016, the interim leader of the Conservative Party put him in charge of deputy spokesman for Foreign Affairs before becoming spokesman partner on infrastructure, communities and Urban Affairs in September and entering the shadow cabinet soon its first year.

On September 2, 2020, Rayes was succeeded by Richard Martel as the party's Quebec lieutenant.[2]

Electoral record

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election: Richmond—Arthabaska
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alain Rayes	26,553	45.3	+13.7
	Bloc Québécois	Olivier Nolin	16,539	28.2	+11.00
	Liberal	Marc Patry	8,868	15.1	-9.60
	Green	Laura Horth-Lepage	3,133	5.3	+3.60
	New Democratic	Olivier Guérin	2,864	4.9	-19.30
	People's	Jean Landry	681	1.2	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,638	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Turnout			59,715	68.8
Eligible voters			86,741
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.35
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2015 Canadian federal election: Richmond—Arthabaska
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alain Rayes	18,505	31.6	+6.9	–
	Liberal	Marc Desmarais	14,463	24.7	+17.7	–
	New Democratic	Myriam Beaulieu	14,213	24.2	-8.3	–
	Bloc Québécois	Olivier Nolin	10,068	17.2	-16.6	–
	Green	Laurier Busque	984	1.7	-0.4	–
	Rhinoceros	Antoine Dubois	384	0.7	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$223,651.10
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			85,118
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.40
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

Provincial

2003 Quebec general election: Arthabaska
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Claude Bachand	12,663	36.77
	Action démocratique	Alain Rayes	11,389	33.07
	Parti Québécois	Danièle Caron	9,657	28.04
	Green	François Houle	379	1.10
	Bloc Pot	Karine Cyr	353	1.02
Total valid votes			34,441	99.15
Total rejected ballots			269	0.85
Turnout			34,737	73.58
Electors on the lists			47,185	–

Municipal

2013 Victoriaville mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Alain Rayes (X)	Acclaimed

2009 Victoriaville mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Alain Rayes	10,807	62.8
Éric Lefebvre	5,722	33.2
Martin Talbot	524	3.0
René Martineau	161	0.9

References

1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
2. "Conservative Party: Richard Martel becomes Quebec lieutenant, Gérard Deltell becomes parliamentary leader". HuffPost (in French). September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond—Arthabaska, 30 September 2015
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website - Alain Rayes MP