# Marie-Claude Nichols

Marie-Claude Nichols (born December 5, 1973) is a Canadian politician born in Terrebonne, Quebec. Nichols was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. She represents the electoral district of Vaudreuil.
She was re-elected in 2018, and 2022. Shortly after being elected as liberal in 2022, she was expelled from caucus by party leader Dominique Anglade on October 27, 2022 for refusing the transport critic role. She announced she would sit as an independent. Prior to her election to the legislature, Nichols was the mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot for 5 years.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: Vaudreuil :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marie-Claude Nichols | 13,608 | 34.22 | -5.70 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Eve Bélec | 13,032 | 32.77 | +0.14 |
| | Conservative | Eve Théoret | 4,619 | 11.62 | +9.92 |
| | Québec solidaire | Cynthia Bilodeau | 3,671 | 9.23 | -0.82 |
| | Parti Québécois | Christopher Massé | 3,061 | 7.70 | -2.35 |
| | Canadian | David Hamelin-Schuilenburg | 726 | 1.83 | – |
| | Green | Kelley Boileau | 496 | 1.25 | -1.45 |
| | Bloc Montreal | Jaspal Singh Ahluwalia | 477 | 1.20 | – |
| | Démocratie directe | Paul Lynes | 75 | 0.19 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,765 | 98.97 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 415 | 1.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,180 | 65.19 | -0.51 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 61,632 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election: Vaudreuil :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marie-Claude Nichols | 15,143 | 39.92 | -21.27 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Claude Bourbonnais | 12,378 | 32.63 | +17.01 |
| | Parti Québécois | Philip Lapalme | 3,813 | 10.05 | -5.91 |
| | Québec solidaire | Igor Erchov | 3,811 | 10.05 | +5.41 |
| | Green | Jason Mossa | 1,026 | 2.70 | +1.42 |
| | Conservative | Ryan Robertson | 644 | 1.70 | +1.27 |
| | New Democratic | Ryan Young | 568 | 1.50 | |
| | Citoyens au pouvoir | Daniel Pilon | 343 | 0.90 | |
| | Bloc Pot | Camille Piché-Jetté | 206 | 0.54 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,932 | 98.68 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 508 | 1.32 | +0.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,440 | 65.70 | -12.29 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 58,504 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -19.14 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marie-Claude Nichols | 27,750 | 61.19 | +16.12 |
| | Parti Québécois | Marcos Archambault | 7,238 | 15.96 | -4.75 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Luc Tison | 7,084 | 15.62 | -10.00 |
| | Québec solidaire | David Fortin Côté | 2,101 | 4.63 | -0.25 |
| | Green | Thomas Radcliffe | 584 | 1.29 | -1.19 |
| | Conservative | Michel Paul | 196 | 0.43 | – |
| | Parti équitable | Julien Leclerc | 190 | 0.42 | – |
| | Option nationale | Jean-Gabriel Cauchon | 115 | 0.25 | -0.78 |
| | Mon pays le Québec | Léon Dupré | 90 | 0.20 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 45,348 | 98.95 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 528 | 1.15 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,876 | 77.99 | +1.56 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 58,822 | – | – |