# 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.
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. Between 1999 and 2003, he was president of l’Association des directeurs généraux des MRC du Québec. He has also taken part in a local campaign against cannabis.
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.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Bécancour :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Donald Martel | | |
| | Conservative | Mario Lyonnais | | |
| | Parti Québécois | Philippe Dumas | | |
| | Québec solidaire | Jacques Thériault Watso | | |
| | Liberal | Marie-Josée Jacques | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | – | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Bécancour :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Donald Martel | 15,562 | 55.29 | +16.65 |
| | Parti Québécois | Lucie Allard | 4,423 | 15.71 | -6.55 |
| | Liberal | Marie-Claude Durand | 3,539 | 12.57 | -15.24 |
| | Québec solidaire | François Poisson | 3,474 | 12.34 | +4.42 |
| | Conservative | Jessie Mc Nicoll | 576 | 2.05 | +0.54 |
| | Green | Vincent Marcotte | 403 | 1.43 | – |
| | Bloc Pot | Blak D. Blackburn | 170 | 0.6 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,147 | 98.06 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 556 | 1.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,703 | 71.77 | -2.43 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 39,995 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | Swing | +11.6 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Donald Martel | 11,168 | 38.64 | +6.63 |
| | Liberal | Denis Vallée | 8,038 | 27.81 | +5.34 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jean-René Dubois | 6,433 | 22.26 | +3.72 |
| | Québec solidaire | Marc Dion | 2,290 | 7.92 | – |
| | Option nationale | Marjolaine Lachapelle | 638 | 2.21 | -23.64 |
| | Conservative | Guillaume Laquerre | 333 | 1.15 | +0.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,900 | 98.27 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 510 | 1.73 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,410 | 74.20 | -4.41 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 39,638 | – | – |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Donald Martel | 9,745 | 32.01 | +4.65 |
| | Option nationale | Jean-Martin Aussant | 7,869 | 25.85 | – |
| | Liberal | Marc Descôteaux | 6,840 | 22.47 | -11.51 |
| | Parti Québécois | Gilles Mayrand | 5,644 | 18.54 | -16.24 |
| | Conservative | Mathieu Benoit | 348 | 1.14 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,446 | 98.54 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 450 | 1.46 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,896 | 78.61 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 39,304 | – | – |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois | Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois | Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +10.44 |
vte2007 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Action démocratique | Éric Dorion | 10,839 | 41.18 | +18.64 |
| | Parti Québécois | Donald Martel | 7,455 | 28.32 | -12.89 |
| | Liberal | Yves Baril | 6,770 | 25.72 | -8.40 |
| | Québec solidaire | Jean Proulx | 1,121 | 4.26 |
| | Independent | Simonne Lizotte | 138 | 0.52 | -0.02 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,323 | 98.73 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 339 | 1.27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,662 | 77.73 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 34,301 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||