# Pierre Nantel

Pierre Nantel (born June 10, 1963) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada. First elected in the 2011 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he succeeded Jean Dorion of the Bloc Québécois in the district of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher; in the 2015 election, he was reelected in the redistributed riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert.
Prior to being elected, Nantel was a researcher and television commentator, including a stint at Radio-Canada television.
On August 16, 2019, the NDP dropped Nantel from its caucus, and as a candidate in the upcoming 2019 Canadian federal election, following revelations that he had been in private talks to run for another political party in the 2019 federal election. Although Nantel had previously been speculated as potentially joining the Bloc Québécois, the reports that sparked his removal from the NDP caucus indicated that he was in talks with the Green Party of Canada. On August 19, 2019, it was announced that Nantel would sit as an independent MP for the rest of his term and would be running under the Green Party banner in the 2019 federal election. He was defeated in the election, placing third behind the Bloc Québécois and Liberal candidates.
Despite having previously run for federalist parties, he announced in 2021 that he would be the Parti Québécois candidate in the then-upcoming by-election in Marie-Victorin. He lost to CAQ candidate Shirley Dorismond on April 11, 2022.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: Marie-Victorin :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Shirley Dorismond | 9,212 | 33.11 | -1.84 |
| | Parti Québécois | Pierre Nantel | 6,913 | 24.85 | -5.22 |
| | Québec solidaire | Shophika Vaithyanathasarma | 6,307 | 22.67 | +8.46 |
| | Liberal | Lyes Chekal | 2,793 | 10.04 | +3.11 |
| | Conservative | Lara Stillo | 1,952 | 7.02 | -3.38 |
| | Green | Vincent Aquin-Belleau | 308 | 1.11 | +0.24 |
| | Climat Québec | Martine Ouellet | 260 | 0.93 | -0.97 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Pierre Chénier | 48 | 0.17 | – |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Florent Portron | 27 | 0.10 | +0.03 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,820 | 98.52 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 418 | 1.48 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,238 | 61.64 | +25.51 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 48,810 | – | – |
Quebec provincial by-election, April 11, 2022: Marie-Victorin Resignation of Catherine Fournier :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Shirley Dorismond | 5,697 | 34.95 | +6.56 |
| | Parti Québécois | Pierre Nantel | 4,902 | 30.07 | -0.74 |
| | Québec solidaire | Shophika Vaithyanathasarma | 2,316 | 14.21 | -7.46 |
| | Conservative | Anne Casabonne | 1,696 | 10.40 | – |
| | Liberal | Émilie Nollet | 1,130 | 6.93 | -8.28 |
| | Climat Québec | Martine Ouellet | 310 | 1.90 | – |
| | Green | Alex Tyrrell | 142 | 0.87 | -1.28 |
| | Accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 42 | 0.26 | – |
| | Indépendance du Québec | Michel Blondin | 21 | 0.13 | – |
| | Union Nationale | Michel Lebrun | 17 | 0.10 | – |
| | Independent | Philippe Tessier | 17 | 0.10 | – |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Florent Portron | 11 | 0.07 | -0.09 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,301 | 98.86 | +0.70 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 188 | 1.14 | -0.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,489 | 36.13 | -26.78 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 45,636 | – |
| Source: Élections Québec |||||||
| | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | Swing | +3.65 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 23,061 | 38.5 | +11.23 | $46,039.85 |
| | Liberal | Réjean Hébert | 20,471 | 34.2 | +4.19 | $77,307.46 |
| | Green | Pierre Nantel | 6,745 | 11.3 | +8.81 | $16,474.78 |
| | New Democratic | Éric Ferland | 5,104 | 8.5 | –22.72 | $11,119.46 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Clune | 3,779 | 6.3 | –2.44 | none listed |
| | People's | Ellen Comeau | 467 | 0.8 | – | $0.00 |
| | Independent | Pierre-Luc Fillon | 217 | 0.4 | – | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,844 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,086 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,930 | 69.9 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 87,113 |
| | Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | +3.52 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Saint-Hubert :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Pierre Nantel | 18,171 | 31.22 | -18.79 | – |
| | Liberal | Mick O'Grady | 17,468 | 30.01 | +19.92 | – |
| | Bloc Québécois | Denis Trudel | 15,873 | 27.27 | -1.52 | – |
| | Conservative | John Sedlak | 5,087 | 8.74 | +0.00 | – |
| | Green | Casandra Poitras | 1,447 | 2.49 | +0.29 | – |
| | Strength in Democracy | Affine Lwalalika | 153 | 0.26 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,199 | 100.00 | | $224,513.21 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 939 | 1.59 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 85,766 | 68.95 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 85,766 |
| | New Democratic notional hold | New Democratic notional hold | Swing | Swing | -19.36 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Pierre Nantel | 27,119 | 51.93 | +37.9 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Jean Dorion | 14,181 | 27.16 | -18.9 |
| | Liberal | Kévan Falsafi | 5,321 | 10.19 | -11.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Bélisle | 4,339 | 8.31 | -6.1 |
| | Green | Valérie St-Amant | 1,032 | 1.98 | -1.5 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Serge Patenaude | 228 | 0.44 | +0.2 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,220 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 650 | 1.23 | -0.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,870 | 67.24 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 78,629 | – | – |
| | New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | Swing | +28.4 |