Matthew Dubé

Matthew Dubé (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election to represent the electoral district of Chambly—Borduas in Quebec as a member of the New Democratic Party. He was re-elected in 2015 to the redistributed riding of Beloeil—Chambly but lost his seat in 2019.[1]

Matthew Dubé
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Beloeil—Chambly
In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Yves-François Blanchet
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Chambly—Borduas
In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Yves Lessard
Succeeded by	Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	May 3, 1988 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Chantale Neapole
Profession	Coach, student

Biography

Born in Montreal, Dubé was elected co-president of NDP McGill in September 2010 and was also elected president of the Quebec Young New Democrats in November 2010. At the time of his election to the House of Commons, he was a McGill University student completing his Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science with a minor in history.[2]

He married Chantale Neapole on June 30, 2018.[3]

Politics

Dubé defeated incumbent MP Yves Lessard of the Bloc Québécois by 15.1% or more than 10,000 votes in the 2011 election. Specifically, Dubé received 42.7% of the vote, Lessard received 27.6%, independent candidate Jean-François Mercier received 11.4%, Liberal Party candidate Bernard DeLorme received 8.9%, Conservative Party candidate Nathalie Ferland Drolet received 7.9%, and Green Party candidate Nicholas Lescarbeau received 1.5%.[1]

He was one of five current McGill University students, alongside fellow undergraduates Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Charmaine Borg, and graduate student Jamie Nicholls, elected to Parliament in the 2011 election following the New Democratic Party's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec.[4]

Borg and Dubé were co-presidents of NDP McGill (the NDP student group at McGill University) at the time that they both won election to Parliament, and both had spent the campaign working to re-elect NDP Quebec lieutenant Thomas Mulcair in the nearby riding of Outremont.[5][6][7]

At the time of his election, Dubé had coached junior-league soccer and hockey for several years.[2]

Dubé was the only one of the so-called "McGill 5" re-elected in the 2015 election.[8] Dubé was appointed the NDP critic for Infrastructure and Communities and Deputy House Leader in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.[9] Subsequently, Dubé went on to become the party’s Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness critic as well as the NDP caucus chair.[10]

He was defeated in the 2019 federal election by Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Bloc Québécois.

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Beloeil—Chambly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves-François Blanchet	35,068	50.5	+22.82	$36,540.34
	Liberal	Marie-Chantal Hamel	16,059	23.1	-6.24	$62,823.63
	New Democratic	Matthew Dubé	10,086	14.5	-16.57	$20,636.78
	Conservative	Véronique Laprise	4,305	6.2	-3.09	$0.00
	Green	Pierre Carrier	3,255	4.7	+2.45	$18,235.50
	People's	Chloé Bernard	512	0.7	–	$5,931.38
	Indépendence du Québec	Michel Blondin	205	0.3	–	$768.82
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,490	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,064
Turnout			70,554	73.7
Eligible voters			95,723
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+19.79
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2015 Canadian federal election: Beloeil—Chambly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matthew Dubé	20,641	31.07	-11.53	–
	Liberal	Karine Desjardins	19,494	29.34	+20.32	–
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Lessard	18,387	27.68	+0.27	–
	Conservative	Claude Chalhoub	6,173	9.29	+1.35	–
	Green	Fodé Kerfalla Yansané	1,498	2.25	+0.70	–
	Libertarian	Michael Maher	245	0.37	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.00		$231,893.10
Total rejected ballots			950	1.41	–
Turnout			67,388	74.00	–
Eligible voters			91,068
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.93
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

2011 Canadian federal election: Chambly—Borduas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matthew Dubé	29,591	42.74	+28.56
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Lessard	19,147	27.65	-22.43
	Independent	Jean-François Mercier	7,843	11.33	–
	Liberal	Bernard DeLorme	6,165	8.90	-7.88
	Conservative	Nathalie Ferland Drolet	5,425	7.83	-7.24
	Green	Nicholas Lescarbeau	1,072	1.55	-2.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,243	100.00
Rejected ballots			621	0.89	-0.36
Turnout			69,864	70.62	+2.21
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+25.5

References

1. Election 2011: Chambly—Borduas. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
2. "Matthew Dubé". New Democratic Party. Archived from the original on May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011. (password required)
3. Moss, Neil (2018-08-08). "Dubé celebrates a wedding day - The Hill Times". The Hill Times. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
4. "McGill 5 head off to House of Commons" Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. The Gazette, May 4, 2011.
5. Nathaniel Finestone (April 5, 2011). "Political clubs gear up for election". McGill Tribune.
6. Bill Curry (May 3, 2011). "Students, ex-Communist, a Cree leader and more join NDP's swollen Quebec ranks". The Globe and Mail.
7. Tamsin McMahon (May 4, 2011). "The REALLY New Democrats". National Post.
8. Mas, Susana (21 October 2015). "Matthew Dubé only member of NDP's 'McGill 4' re-elected in 2015". CBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
9. Kirkup, Kristy (12 November 2015). "Tom Mulcair taps Nathan Cullen, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron for top critic roles". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
10. "Matthew Dubé elected new NDP Caucus Chair". Canada's NDP. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
12. "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Beloeil—Chambly, 30 September 2015
14. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Matthew Dubé – Parliament of Canada biography
• Campaign web site