Donald Martel

Donald Martel is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2012 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Nicolet-Bécancour as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

Donald Martel
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet-Bécancour
Assumed office
4 September 2012
Preceded byJean-Martin Aussant[1]
Personal details
Born (1964-08-07) 7 August 1964
Grand-Mère, Quebec
Political partyCoalition Avenir Québec
Parti Quebecois (-2008)

Martel has a Bachelor's Degree in administration. He was selected as both secretary-treasurer and director general of the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC) in 1994, and continues to hold the first position as of 2009. He has also been the responsable administratif for the Centre local de développement (CLD) in Nicolet-Yamaska since 1998.[2] Between 1999 and 2003, he was president of l’Association des directeurs généraux des MRC du Québec.[3] He has also taken part in a local campaign against cannabis.[4]

Martel ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in Nicolet-Yamaska in the 2007 election, finishing second with 7,455 votes (28.32%) against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Éric Dorion. He resigned as president of the local Parti Québécois association in April 2008, arguing that his civic duties were inconsistent with partisan political activity.[5]

Electoral record
2007 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Action démocratiqueÉric Dorion10,83941.18+18.64
Parti QuébécoisDonald Martel7,45528.32-12.89
LiberalYves Baril6,77025.72-8.40
Québec solidaireJean Proulx1,1214.26
IndependentSimonne Lizotte1380.52-0.02
Total valid votes 26,323 98.73
Rejected and declined votes 339 1.27
Turnout 26,662 77.73
Electors on the lists 34,301
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References
  1. Nicolet-Yamaska
  2. Mission-Palée Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, CLD Nicolet-Yamaska, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  3. Donald Martel candidat du Parti Québécois dans Nicolet-Yamaska Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today, Le Courrier Sud, 12 February 2007, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  4. Lutte au cannabis: Nicolet-Yamaska fournira des informations à la SQ, Le Courrier Sud, 7 May 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009; Mark Aubry, Six autres organismes joignent Stop Cannabis, Cyberpress.ca, 30 September 2009, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  5. PQ: Donald Martel démissionne Archived 6 September 2012 at archive.today, La Nouvelle/L'Union, 7 April 2008, retrieved 19 November 2009.
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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