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Nancy Charest 
MNA for Matane In office
2003–2007Preceded by Matthias Rioux Succeeded by Pascal Bérubé Personal details Born November 28, 1959 Political party Liberal Residence Matane, Quebec Occupation lawyer Religion Roman Catholic Nancy Charest (born November 28, 1959 in Matane, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Matane in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was defeated by Pascal Bérubé of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 provincial election.
She ran as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for the district of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in the 2008 federal election. She lost to Bloc Québécois incumbent Jean-Yves Roy, but received the highest vote percentage of any non-winning Liberal candidate in the province outside of the Montreal area.
Electoral record
Canadian federal election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Bloc Québécois Jean-Yves Roy 11,977 37.5% -8.5% Liberal Nancy Charest 11,368 35.6% +22.5% Conservative Jérôme Landry 5,743 18.0% -11.7% New Democrat Julie Demers 1,497 4.6% -1.6% Green Louis Drainville 1,139 3.5% +0.8% Independent Liliane Potvin 175 0.5% -1.8% Total valid votes 31,899 Turnout 43.6% Bloc Québécois hold Swing -15.5 Quebec general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 7,830 39.10 Liberal Nancy Charest 7,617 38.04 Action démocratique Donald Grenier 3,980 19.88 Québec solidaire Brigitte Michaud 358 1.79 Green François Vincent 240 1.20 Quebec general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Nancy Charest 7,602 40.84 Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 7,569 40.67 Action démocratique Raynald Bernier 3,005 16.14 Independent Nelson Gauthier 178 0.96 Independent Nestor Turcotte 135 0.73 Green David Lejeune 124 0.67 External links
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