predecessor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title name
bernard généreux l'islet , quebec new democratic party member -- rivière-du-loup of parliament for montmagny -- l'islet -- kamouraska 26 march 1971 2011 l'islet-sur-mer , quebec françois lapointe -lrb- politician -rrb-
 françois lapointe
françois lapointe -lrb- politician -rrb-

françois lapointe -lrb- born march 26 , 1971 -rrb- is a canadian politician , currently mp for the electoral district of montmagny -- l'islet -- kamouraska -- rivière-du-loup .
on the night of the 2011 election , lapointe was initially declared unsuccessful in his riding , losing narrowly to incumbent mp bernard généreux .
however , lapointe was subsequently declared elected on may 5 , 2011 , after the riding 's returning officer determined that 100 votes for lapointe were reportedly allocated in error to the green party candidate in the initial tally .
in the updated count , lapointe won over généreux by a margin of just five votes .
following an automatic judicial recount , lapointe 's victory was confirmed .
lapointe ran in a by-election in montmagny -- l'islet -- kamouraska -- rivière-du-loup in 2009 , but finished a distant fourth .
