# Gabriel Ste-Marie

Gabriel Ste-Marie MP is a Canadian politician and academic who was elected to represent the riding Joliette in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. He teaches economics at Cégep régional de Lanaudière.
Ste-Marie served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader (and its parliamentary leader as the party leader did not have a seat in parliament) from 2017 until he resigned from the position on February 25, 2018 in a dispute with party leader Martine Ouellet. He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet. He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.
He is also a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal.
Since 2021 he has served as the critic of finance and the treasury board in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.

## Electoral record

vte2021 Canadian federal election: Joliette :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 30,913 | 55.0 | -3.2 | $20,415.99 |
| | Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,731 | 22.7 | +0.2 | $14,000.77 |
| | Conservative | Roger Materne | 5,314 | 9.5 | +0.5 | $2,412.32 |
| | New Democratic | Alexis Beaudet | 3,100 | 5.5 | +0.9 | $59.42 |
| | People's | Maxime Leclerc | 1,771 | 3.2 | +2.3 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Érica Poirier | 1,126 | 2.0 | -2.1 | $80.52 |
| | Free | Manon Coutu | 992 | 1.8 | N/A | $2,900.09 |
| | Marijuana | Yanick Théoret | 251 | 0.4 | N/A | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,198 | 97.7 | – | $120,469.50 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,332 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,530 | 62.3 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 92,281 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -1.8 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Joliette :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 33,590 | 58.22 | +24.92 | $25,277.75 |
| | Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 12,995 | 22.52 | -5.70 | $33,054.52 |
| | Conservative | Jean-Martin Masse | 5,176 | 8.97 | -1.09 | $15,856.88 |
| | New Democratic | Julienne Soumaoro | 2,623 | 4.55 | -21.14 | none listed |
| | Green | Érica Poirier | 2,343 | 4.06 | +1.71 | $752.47 |
| | People's | Sylvain Prescott | 498 | 0.86 | – | $932.68 |
| | Indépendence du Québec | Paul Savard | 474 | 0.82 | – | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,699 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,203 | 1.35 | +0.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,902 | 66.31 | -0.91 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 88,831 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | +15.31 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Ste-Marie | 18,875 | 33.3 | +0.29 | – |
| | Liberal | Michel Bourgeois | 15,995 | 28.2 | +21.81 | – |
| | New Democratic | Danielle Landreville | 14,566 | 25.7 | -21.22 | – |
| | Conservative | Soheil Eid | 5,705 | 10.1 | +0.41 | – |
| | Green | Mathieu Morin | 1,335 | 2.4 | -1.59 | – |
| | Strength in Democracy | Robert D. Morais | 213 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,689 | 100.0 | | $232,599.74 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,109 | 1.20 | -0.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,798 | 67.22 | +3.7 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 85,981 |
| | Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | +10.8 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||