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Claude Duplain

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Claude Duplain
Mayor of Saint-Raymond
Assumed office
November 7, 2021
Preceded byDaniel Dion
Member of Parliament for Portneuf
In office
November 27, 2000 – June 27, 2004
Preceded byPierre de Savoye
Succeeded byGuy Côté
Personal details
Born (1954-01-10) January 10, 1954 (age 70)
Saint-Raymond, Quebec
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceSaint-Raymond, Quebec
ProfessionEntrepreneurship

Claude Duplain (born January 10, 1954) is a Canadian politician.

He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Portneuf, as the candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada, during the 37th Parliament (which sat from January 2001 through May 2004). During that time he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Claude Duplain has been president of Construction du Grand Portneuf, a general construction company, since 1996. He is deeply involved in the economic development of the region of Portneuf.

From 1993 to 1996, he was president and shareholder of Construction du Grand Portneuf. He was a project estimator and manager for the Joseph Linteau & Sons company (1992–1993) and also a manager for Magasin Rona in Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf (1986–1992). He worked as a designer for the architectural firm Beaudet, Nolet & Arcam Inc, and also for VariaHab which specializes in prefabricated houses.

He completed an architectural technical design course in 1971 after terminating his secondary education in 1970. He took further training in marketing, accounting, data processing, first aid and English.

Duplain was elected as mayor of Saint-Raymond, Quebec in the 2021 mayoral election.[1][2]

Electoral record

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2004 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Guy Côté 18,471 42.9 +7.7 $38,181
Liberal (x)Claude Duplain 11,863 27.6 -13.2 $52,428
Conservative Howard M. Bruce 9,251 21.5 -2.5 $16,810
Green Pierre Poulin 1,925 4.5 $265
New Democratic Jean-François Breton 1,540 3.6
Total valid votes/expense limit 43,050 100.0 $76,720

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Claude Duplain 17,877 40.8 +11.3
Bloc Québécois Patrice Dallaire 15,444 35.2 -8.1
Alliance Howard Bruce 6,699 15.3
Progressive Conservative François Dion 3,819 8.7 -15.9
Total valid votes 43,839 100.0

References

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  1. ^ "Claude Duplain se porte candidat à la mairie de Saint-Raymond". 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Résultats - Élections municipales – 7 novembre 2021".
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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Member of Parliament from Portneuf
2000-2004
Succeeded by