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

André Boulerice
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
In office
September 25, 1989 – September 12, 2005
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byMartin Lemay
Personal details
Born (1946-05-08) 8 May 1946 (age 78)
Joliette, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois

Born in Joliette, Quebec, 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 first elected to the legislature in the 1985 election, representing the electoral district of Saint-Jacques. Boulerice, one of the first openly gay members of the legislature,[1] was reelected in 1989, 1994, 1998 and 2003 in the redistributed electoral district of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques. He was also the deputy government leader, president of the Quebec division of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and immigration minister. He helped introduce civil union for same-sex couples. Boulerice resigned in September 2005.

Electoral record (partial)

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1998 Quebec general election: 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.
1994 Quebec general election: 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.

References

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  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.