# Nathalie Rochefort

Nathalie Rochefort is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mercier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2001 to 2003.
A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was elected in a by-election on April 9, 2001, following the resignation of Robert Perreault. She was defeated by Daniel Turp of the Parti Québécois in the 2003 election. She ran again in the 2007 election, but was not re-elected.
Rochefort is also a long-time member of the federal New Democratic Party (the Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada). She endorsed Brian Topp for the leader of the party in 2012. Rochefort subsequently joined the federal Liberal Party ahead of the 2019 election, and unsuccessfully ran as the party's candidate in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel in 2019 and 2021.

## Electoral record
### Federal results

vte2021 Canadian federal election: Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Louis Plamondon | 27,403 | 54.81 | -1.85 | $65,506.85 |
| | Liberal | Nathalie Rochefort | 8,451 | 16.90 | -0.93 | none listed |
| | Conservative | Yanick Caisse | 8,404 | 16.81 | +0.69 | $0.00 |
| | New Democratic | Catherine Gauvin | 2,531 | 5.06 | -0.16 | $24.38 |
| | People's | Eric Pettersen | 1,224 | 2.45 | +1.51 | $814.69 |
| | Free | André Blanchette | 1,215 | 2.43 | – | $635.50 |
| | Green | David Turcotte | 770 | 1.54 | -1.70 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,998 | – | – | $110,921.16 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.15 | -5.15 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 80,444 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -0.46 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Louis Plamondon | 29,653 | 56.66 | +16.68 | $45,011.99 |
| | Liberal | Nathalie Rochefort | 9,332 | 17.83 | -6.43 | none listed |
| | Conservative | Pierre-André Émond | 8,434 | 16.11 | +4.7 | none listed |
| | New Democratic | Carole Lennard | 2,732 | 5.22 | -16.87 | $0.10 |
| | Green | David Turcotte | 1,697 | 3.24 | +0.98 | $0.00 |
| | People's | Richard Synnott | 489 | 0.93 | – | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,337 | 98.05 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,042 | 1.95 | +0.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,379 | 67.30 | -0.33 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 79,314 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | +11.56 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte1993 Canadian federal election: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Pierrette Venne | 34,959 | 56.90 | $35,450 |
| | Liberal | Angéline Fournier | 19,615 | 31.92 | $61,363 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean Lesage | 4,520 | 7.36 | $20,526 |
| | New Democratic | Nathalie Rochefort | 903 | 1.47 | $0 |
| | Natural Law | Jean Cerigo | 868 | 1.41 | $0 |
| | National | Claude Alain | 339 | 0.55 | $1,581 |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Bruno Lipke | 240 | 0.39 | $0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 61,444 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,495 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,939 | 81.54 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 78,418 |
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. |||||||

### Provincial results

vte2007 Quebec general election: Mercier :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Daniel Turp | 9,426 | 33.35 | −11.91 |
| | Québec solidaire | Amir Khadir | 8,303 | 29.38 | +11.46 |
| | Liberal | Nathalie Rochefort | 5,601 | 19.82 | −8.74 |
| | Green | Sylvain Valiquette | 2,398 | 8.48 | – |
| | Action démocratique | Gabriel Tupula Yamba | 2,381 | 8.42 | +2.12 |
| | Bloc Pot | Nicky Tanguay | 156 | 0.55 | −1.42 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,265 | 99.17 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 237 | 0.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,502 | 69.32 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 41,115 |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte2003 Quebec general election: Mercier :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Daniel Turp | 13,334 | 45.26 | +16.64 |
| | Liberal | Nathalie Rochefort | 8,414 | 28.56 | −6.10 |
| | UFP | Amir Khadir | 5,278 | 17.92 | - |
| | Action démocratique | Vivian Goulder | 1,855 | 6.30 | +0.03 |
| | Bloc Pot | Lyne Rivard | 579 | 1.97 | −3.21 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,460 | 100,00 |
| | Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +11.37 |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vteQuebec provincial by-election, April 9, 2001: Mercier :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Nathalie Rochefort | 5,953 | 34.66 | +6.24 |
| | Parti Québécois | Claudel Toussaint | 4,915 | 28.62 | −26.76 |
| | Independent | Paul Cliche | 4,163 | 24.24 | - |
| | Action démocratique | André Larocque | 1,077 | 6.27 | −2.62 |
| | Bloc Pot | Pierre Audette | 890 | 5.18 | +2.07 |
| | No designation | Man Yee Cheung | 67 | 0.39 | - |
| | Independent | Charles Robidoux | 50 | 0.29 | - |
| | No designation | Michel Prairie | 32 | 0.19 | - |
| | Independent | Régent Millette | 27 | 0.16 | - |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,174 | 100,00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 352 | 2,01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,526 | 41.09 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 42,651 |
| | Liberal gain from Parti Québécois | Liberal gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | Swing | +16.50 |
| Source: Official Results, Le directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||