Alain Garant

Alain Garant
Member of Parliament for Bellechasse
In office 1980–1984
Preceded by	Adrien Lambert
Succeeded by	Pierre Blais
Personal details
Born	21 March 1952 Montmagny, Quebec
Political party	Liberal party
Profession	accountant

Alain Garant (born 21 March 1952 in Montmagny, Quebec) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a Chartered Accountant by career.

He won the Bellechasse, Quebec electoral district in the 1980 federal election and served in the 32nd Canadian Parliament. He left national politics after his defeat in that riding in the 1984 election.

Electoral record (partial)

Canadian federal election, 1980: Bellechasse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alain Garant	20,636	51.13	+7.48
	Social Credit	Adrien Lambert	15,124	37.47	−8.96
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Deschênes	2,912	7.22	−0.04
	Rhinoceros	Andrée Chabot	815	2.02	+0.72
	New Democratic	Napoléon Goupil	730	1.81	+0.93
	Union populaire	France Théberge	141	0.35	−0.13
Total valid votes			40,358	100.00
Total rejected ballots			274
Turnout			40,632	70.86	−1.31
Electors on the lists			57,339
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-second General Election, 1980.

External links

• Alain Garant – Parliament of Canada biography