Carole-Marie Allard (September 6, 1949 – March 18, 2024[1]) was a Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of Canada's House of Commons. She represented the riding of Laval East from 2000 to 2004. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the vice-chair of the Special Committee on Non-medical use of drugs. She lost the 2004 election to Robert Carrier of the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Alfred-Pellan.

Carole-Marie Allard
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Laval East
In office
November 27, 2000 – June 28, 2004
Preceded byMaud Debien
Succeeded byDistrict abolished (2003)
Personal details
Born(1949-09-06)September 6, 1949
Dolbeau, Quebec, Canada
DiedMarch 18, 2024(2024-03-18) (aged 74)
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal

She was a lawyer, press attaché, designer, organizer and presenter of media management training programs, a spokesperson for a corporation, and she was journalist, writer and producer.

She was the stepmother of Mélanie Joly who is a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ahuntsic-Cartierville and also serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Justin Trudeau.

Partial electoral record

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2004 Canadian federal election: Alfred-Pellan
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Carrier 26,239 49.20 +6.65 $38,963
Liberal Carole-Marie Allard 21,116 39.59 −5.18 $70,978
Conservative Rosane Raymond 2,703 5.07 −3.21 $10,199
New Democratic Benjamin Le Bel 1,849 3.47 +2.48 $2,108
Green Louis-Philippe Verenka 1,132 2.12 +0.98 $0
Independent Yves Denois 204 0.38 none listed
Independent Régent Millette 89 0.17 −0.27 none listed
Total valid votes 53,232 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,128 2.07
Turnout 54,460 67.95
Eligible voters 80,148
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +5.92
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election: Laval East
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Carole-Marie Allard 26,018 44.77 +12.66 $69,391
Bloc Québécois Mathieu Alarie 24,726 42.55 +4.09 $71,179
Progressive Conservative André G. Plourde 2,459 4.23 −23.93 none listed
Alliance Rosane Raymond 2,354 4.05 $877
Marijuana Christian Lajoie 892 1.53 $157
Green Frédéric Gauvin 660 1.14 $108
New Democratic Sujata Dey 573 0.99 −0.28 none listed
Independent Régent Millette 255 0.44 none listed
Marxist–Leninist Gabriel Cornellier-Brunelle 178 0.31 $10
Total valid votes 58,115 97.4
Total rejected ballots 1,535 2.6
Turnout 59,650 68.7
Eligible voters 86,759
Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +4.29
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Books

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  • Allard, Carole-Marie (1990). Lavalin : les ficelles du pouvoir. Collection Gens du pays. Chicoutimi, Québec: Éditions JCL. pp. 317 p. : ill., 23 cm. ISBN 2920176897.
  • Allard, Carole-Marie (c. 1992). L'Affaire Claire Lortie : l'histoire du congélateur. Collection Énigmes. Chicoutimi, Québec: JCL. pp. 279 p. : ill., portr., 22 cm. ISBN 2894311079.

References

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  1. ^ "Avis de décès / Carole Marie Allard (Obituary / Carole Marie Allar)" (in French). www.memoria.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
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