André Boulerice

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André Boulerice in 1985

André Boulerice (born May 8, 1946 in Joliette, Quebec) is a Québécois politician and gay rights activist. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in Montreal.

Born in Joliette, he graduated in specialized education from Cégep du Vieux Montréal. He joined the Parti Québécois in 1970 and later worked for the Chambly school board.

He was elected in the Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques riding in 1989, formerly under Claude Charron. Boulerice was reelected in 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2003. He was also the Deputy Government Leader, President of the Quebec division of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and Quebec immigration minister. He helped introduce civil union for same-sex couples. Boulerice resigned in September 2005.

Electoral record (partial)

Quebec general election, 1998: Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	André Boulerice	16,530	52.94	−1.79
	Liberal	Claude Longpré	9,722	31.14	−1.79
	Action démocratique	Chrystian Carbonneau	3,171	10.16	+4.63
	Bloc Pot	Patrice Caron	715	2.29	–
	Socialist Democracy	Ginette Gauthier	629	2.01	−0.02
	Marxist–Leninist	Ginette Boutet	120	0.38	+0.14
	Communist	André Cloutier	115	0.37	+0.04
	Natural Law	Alain Lord	107	0.34	−0.47
	Equality	Peter Romaniuk	77	0.25	–
	N/A (Communist League)	Michel Dugré	38	0.12	–
Total valid votes			31,224	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			470
Turnout			31,694	67.51	−7.56
Electors on the lists			46,950
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1994: Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	André Boulerice	16,723	54.73
	Liberal	Martin Oré	10,061	32.93
	Action démocratique	André Belzile	1,691	5.53
	New Democratic	Jocelyne Dupuis	621	2.03
	Non-Affiliated	Claude Leduc	479	1.57
	Natural Law	Christian Lord	246	0.81
	Sovereignty	Daniel Brunette	223	0.73
	Independent	Martram X.T Marxram	109	0.36
	Commonwealth of Canada	François Ludanyi	108	0.35
	Communist	André Cloutier	100	0.33
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	74	0.24
	Development	Charles Thibault	62	0.20
	Non-Affiliated	Guy Tremblay	59	0.19
Total valid votes			30,556
Rejected and declined votes			561
Turnout			31,117	75.07
Electors on the lists			41,452
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.