# Michel Morin

Michel Morin (born March 27, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He was a three-term member of the National Assembly of Quebec, a parliamentary assistant from 1999 to 2001, and whip of the Parti Québécois from 2001 to 2007.

## Background

He was born on March 27, 1948, in Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and made career in education. Before he ran for office, he was a political activist with the Progressive Conservative Party, the Bloc Québécois and the Parti Québécois. He was the protégé of politician Louis Plamondon.

## Political career

Morin successfully ran as the Parti Québécois candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1994 election in the district of Nicolet-Yamaska. He was re-elected in the 1989 and 1994 elections.
In 1999, Morin was appointed parliamentary assistant, a position he held until 2001. He also served as his party's House Whip from 2001 to 2007.
Morin did not run for re-election in the 2007 election.

## Electoral record

vte2003 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Michel Morin | 10,783 | 41.21 |
| | Liberal | Jean Rousseau | 8,927 | 34.12 |
| | Action démocratique | Lise Blanchette | 5,899 | 22.54 |
| | Bloc Pot | Blak D. Blackburn | 417 | 1.59 |
| | Independent | Simonne Lizotte | 141 | 0.54 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,167 | 98.49 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 401 | 1.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,568 | 77.82 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 34,140 | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte1998 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Michel Morin | 14,166 | 50.23 |
| | Liberal | Daniel McMahon | 10,369 | 36.77 |
| | Action démocratique | Frédéric Lajoie | 3,509 | 12.44 |
| | Socialist Democracy | Robert Poirier | 157 | 0.56 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,201 | 98.70 |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 372 | 1.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,573 | 84.59 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 33,777 | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||
vte1994 Quebec general election: Nicolet-Yamaska :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Michel Morin | 13,427 | 50.13 | +14.67 |
| | Liberal | Maurice Richard | 12,520 | 46.74 | −13.40 |
| | Natural Law | Jacques Houde | 840 | 3.14 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,787 | 100.00 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 816 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,603 | 84.85 | +3.84 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 32,530 | | |
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |||||||

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
National Assembly of Quebec :
| Preceded byMaurice Richard (Liberal) | MNA for Nicolet-Yamaska 1994–2007 | Succeeded byÉric Dorion (ADQ) |
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