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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1956–2016)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =[[The Honourable]]
|birth_name=Jean-Charles Lapierre
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image = Jean-Charles Lapierre.jpg
|office           = [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Minister of Transport]]
|primeminister    = [[Paul Martin]]
|term_start       = 20 July 2004
|term_end         = 5 February 2006
|predecessor      = [[Tony Valeri]]
|successor        = [[Lawrence Cannon]]
| constituency_MP1 = [[Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford]]
|parliament1 = Canadian
| term_start1=1979
| term_end1=1993
| predecessor1=[[Gilbert Rondeau]]
| successor1=[[Jean H. Leroux]]
| constituency_MP2 = [[Outremont (electoral district)|Outremont]]
|parliament2 = Canadian
| term_start2=28 June 2004
| term_end2=28 January 2007
| predecessor2=[[Martin Cauchon]]
| successor2=[[Thomas Mulcair]]
| office3 = [[#External links|More...]]
| birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1956|05|07}}
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| death_date= {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|03|29|1956|05|07}}
| death_place= [[Iles de la Madeleine]], Quebec, Canada
| profession=Broadcaster
| party={{ubl | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | [[Bloc Québécois]]}}
| residence=[[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
| spouse={{marriage|Nicole Beaulieu|1989}}
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'''Jean-Charles Lapierre''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (7 May 1956 – 29 March 2016) was a Canadian politician and television and radio broadcaster. After retiring from the government in 2007, he served as a political analyst in a variety of venues.

He was [[Paul Martin]]'s [[Quebec lieutenant]] during the period of the Martin government. He was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in 1978, serving from 1979 to 1993, and representing the riding of [[Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford]]. He sat as a Liberal from 1979 to 1990, and later as an independent. He returned after an eleven-year absence when he won a seat in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]] for the [[Montreal]] riding of [[Outremont (electoral district)|Outremont]]. On 20 July 2004, he was appointed to the [[Canadian Cabinet]] as [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Minister of Transport]], serving until the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 election]]. Lapierre resigned as the MP for Outremont on 28 January 2007.

In 2016, Lapierre died on [[2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash|a private plane that crashed]] on approach to [[Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport]]. There were no survivors among the seven people on board, which included two pilots, Lapierre, his wife, and three of his siblings; Lapierre and his family were travelling to his father Raymond's funeral.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Authier|first1=Philip|title=Small plane crashes on Îles de la Madeleine|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/plane-believed-to-be-carrying-jean-lapierre-and-his-family-crashes-on-iles-de-la-madeleine|website=The Gazette|date=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Star">{{cite news|title=Former federal cabinet minister Jean Lapierre reported on plane that crashed killing seven|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/29/small-plane-crashes-in-iles-de-la-madeleine-just-off-eastern-quebec.html|access-date=29 March 2016|work=The Star|date=29 March 2016}}</ref>

== Early life, education and marriage ==
Born 7 May 1956, Jean Lapierre was the oldest son of Raymond and Lucie Lapierre. He had younger siblings: a sister Martine and brothers Marc and Louis Lapierre.

He married and had two children: Marie-Anne and Jean-Michel Lapierre.<ref name="outremont" /> Later, the couple divorced. Lapierre married Nicole Beaulieu in 1989.<ref name="outremont" />

== Early political career ==

=== Liberal ===
Lapierre was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in 1978, serving from 1979 to 1993, representing the riding of [[Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford]], Quebec. He sat as a Liberal from 1979 to 1990. Lapierre was a Quebec federalist; together with [[Pierre Trudeau]], he opposed the [[1980 Quebec referendum]] alternative to establish sovereignty for the province. In the first referendum on the place of Quebec in Canada, continued federal status won with nearly 60 per cent of the vote.

After Trudeau retired from politics in 1984, he was [[1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|succeeded]] as Prime Minister and party leader by [[John Turner]]. Turner appointed Lapierre at age 28 to cabinet (at the time, the youngest minister to serve in a federal cabinet) as minister of state for youth and amateur sport. Lapierre's tenure was brief as Turner called an [[1984 Canadian federal election|election]] nine days after being sworn in, and the Liberals lost.

Lapierre was a strong proponent of the [[Meech Lake Accord]], and Turner and Martin also expressed support for it. Trudeau publicly campaigned against it, and [[Jean Chrétien]] opposed it as well.

=== Bloc Québécois ===
Upon leaving the Liberals, Lapierre sat as an independent, helping to found the [[Bloc Québécois]] and serving in their first caucus. In 1992, he retired from politics for a time and abandoned his affiliation with the Bloc. Lapierre has said that he never fully identified as a separatist and was the "red of the rainbow" in a temporary ad hoc rainbow coalition. He wanted to gain a level playing field for Quebec.<ref name="lapierre040205">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-bq-mp-appointed-martin-s-quebec-lieutenant-1.475694 |title=CBC News Former BQ MP appointed Martin's Quebec lieutenant |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2004-02-05 |access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

== Broadcaster ==
In private life, Lapierre was well known in Quebec as a broadcaster and talk show host for [[Montreal]] radio station [[CKAC]]. He also worked simultaneously as a TV news presenter for a time.{{fact|date=October 2025}}

== Return to Liberals ==
Lapierre never fully gave up his political ambitions or his personal loyalty to [[Paul Martin]]. When the latter became liberal leader in December 2003, Lapierre returned to party politics after a decade away.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-lapierre|title=Jean Lapierre {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>

Martin appointed Lapierre as his Quebec lieutenant. He had a different style from his predecessors, most of whom were cautious, soft-spoken, and mindful of the effects of their Quebec actions on the rest of Canada.<ref name="cbc-20040218" /> By contrast, Lapierre had what a CBC commentator described as a "rough and tumble, shoot from the hip style of politics", being known for his flamboyance, aggressiveness, toughness, rudeness and arrogance.<ref name="cbc-20040218">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_zolf/20040218.html LARRY ZOLF:Quebec Lieutenants] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128033843/http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_zolf/20040218.html |date=28 November 2006 }}</ref>

News analysts questioned the need for a [[Quebec lieutenant]], as Martin was bilingual.<ref name="cbc-20040218" /> In addition, polls showed fading support for the [[Bloc Québécois]] and [[Parti Québécois]] (who lost the 2003 provincial election), suggesting less need for a lieutenant. Others believed that Martin placed high importance on Quebec, hoping to fare significantly better than Chrétien had. He considered Lapierre to be crucial to winning over part of the nationalist vote.<ref name="cbc-20040218" />

=== 2004 federal election ===
In the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]], Lapierre was expected to deliver the vote in Quebec, but this was difficult following the [[Liberal Party sponsorship scandal|sponsorship scandal]] of the Liberal Party. The scandal severely hurt the party's support, especially in that province, while the rival [[Bloc Québécois]] gained support. Lapierre said that it would help the Liberals if the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] could "lay some charges already" in the sponsorship probe.<ref name="jean-lapierre-have-you-ever-had-friend">{{cite web|url=https://calgarygrit.blogspot.com/2004/05/jean-lapierre-have-you-ever-had-friend.html |title=CalgaryGrit – Jean Lapierre |publisher=Calgarygrit.blogspot.com |date=2004-05-16 |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>

Years later, Lapierre said the sponsorship scandal had damaged the party like getting hit by a Mack truck.<ref name="ctv-20061130">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061130/martin_tribute_061130/20061130?hub=CTVNewsAt11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014011009/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061130/martin_tribute_061130/20061130?hub=CTVNewsAt11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2007 |title=CTV – Liberals pay tribute to Paul Martin at convention |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=2006-11-30 |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref> When Bloc Québécois leader [[Gilles Duceppe]] tried to link [[Liza Frulla]] to the Sponsorship Scandal, saying that her 2002 by-election campaign was funded by members implicated in the scandal, Lapierre described it as "the cheapest thing you can do—try to start gossip that has no foundation".<ref name="canada-d91ee108-3d34-481e-af9f-d95700c527ce&k=1826">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=d91ee108-3d34-481e-af9f-d95700c527ce&k=1826 |title=National Post – Duceppe vows to make Liberals 'disappear' |publisher=Canada.com |date=2005-12-05 |access-date=2011-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023194757/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=d91ee108-3d34-481e-af9f-d95700c527ce&k=1826 |archive-date=2012-10-23 }}</ref>

The Liberals were able to retain a plurality of seats to continue governing, but they were reduced to a minority. In Quebec, they lost 15 of the 36 seats won in 2000, and their popular vote fell from 44 to 34 per cent, while the Bloc Québécois captured 54 of the 75 seats.

=== Minister of Transport ===
As Minister of Transport, Lapierre initiated the Pacific Gateway Strategy, signing air transport agreements with China and India and completed a formal [[Canada-US Open Skies Agreement]]. He also spearheaded a large federal investment in the Prince Rupert container terminal, saying that it improved ties to Asian markets while enhancing economic development in northern [[British Columbia]] and [[Alberta, Canada|Alberta]]. Lapierre reduced the amount paid by airports to the federal government by some $5 billion over the remaining life of the leases. He announced the implementation of a [[No Fly List]] to increase security for airline passengers.<ref name="ctv-20050805_security_review_050804">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050805_security_review_050804/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728172205/https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050805_security_review_050804?hub=CTVNewsAt11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2021 |title=CTV – Ottawa plans to develop no-fly list: Lapierre |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=2005-08-06 |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>

As Transport Minister, his predecessor [[Tony Valeri]] had dismissed VIA Rail chairman [[Jean Pelletier#VIA Rail Controversy|Jean Pelletier]], who filed a lawsuit against the government charging it had failed to use due process. A federal court ruled in his favour in November 2005 after the change in administrations, ordering Pelletier to be reinstated. The government appealed the court ruling and kept the former chair off the payroll. Lapierre ensured that due process was followed in dismissing Pelletier a second time.<ref name="globeandmail-20051223">Clark, Campbell; ''Globe and Mail'' (23 December 2005), ''[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051223.wxpelle1223/BNStory/National/ Liberals fire Pelletier from railway – Again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225084218/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051223.wxpelle1223/BNStory/National/ |date=2005-12-25 }}''.  Retrieved 23 December 2005.</ref> But in March 2007, Justice Francois Lemieux ruled that the Martin government acted improperly in 2005 when it fired Pelletier a second time, immediately after a court had overturned his first dismissal, stating that Lapierre was biased and failed to follow proper procedures.<ref name="ctv-20071122">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071122/pelletier_court_071122/20071122?hub=CTVNewsAt11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204110757/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071122/pelletier_court_071122/20071122?hub=CTVNewsAt11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2007 |title=CTV – Court orders feds, Via to pay Pelletier $335,000 |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref> On 22 November 2007, Judge Hélène Langlois of the Quebec Superior Court ruled that the government of then-Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]] had acted in a "cavalier and precipitous" fashion when it fired Pelletier. The court awarded Pelletier $235,000 in lost income and a further $100,000 in damages.<ref name="LAC.20071123.PELLETIER23">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/court-awards-damages-to-pelletier/article18149993/ |title=Court awards damages to Pelletier |publisher=The Globe and Mail |access-date=2015-05-29}}</ref>

Lapierre and his department were criticized for their handling of the collapse of the carrier [[Jetsgo]]. Critics said that he should have seen warning signs after unsuccessful attempts to lower the carrier's costs. They also said he had failed to warn the public or intervene, making him indirectly responsible when thousands of travellers were stranded when the carrier stopped operations. Lapierre rejected calls to resign and denied that he had any knowledge of the collapse. He pointed out that most of the passengers had booked flights with credit cards and would be eligible for refunds.<ref name="RTGAM.20050315.wlapierre0315">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/minister-rejects-calls-to-resign-over-jetsgo/article1115641/ |title=Minister rejects calls to resign over Jetsgo |publisher=The Globe and Mail |access-date=2015-05-29}}</ref>

=== Opposition ===
Lapierre retained his position as [[Quebec lieutenant]] for the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 election]]. He was personally re-elected without much difficulty, though with a reduced margin.<ref name="macleans-2006_12_14_1166116020">{{cite web |author=Chris Selley, Macleans.ca |url=http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/national/article.jsp?article=2006_12_14_1166116020 |title=Macleans – The fight for the sextuplets |publisher=Macleans.ca |date=2007-02-09 |access-date=2011-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225051520/http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/national/article.jsp?article=2006_12_14_1166116020 |archive-date=2006-12-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> But, the Liberals lost power in the campaign, falling from 21 to 13 seats in Quebec. They were surpassed by the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] in the popular vote.

[[Paul Martin]] resigned as parliamentary leader on election night and as party leader a month later. Interim successor [[Bill Graham (Canadian politician)|Bill Graham]] appointed Lapierre to his [[shadow cabinet]] as Industry critic.

Lapierre was neutral in the [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|2006 Liberal leadership election]], by which [[Stéphane Dion]] was elected Liberal leader. Lapierre afterwards planned to announce that he would not run for re-election in Outremont, saying that his "commitment was to Mr. Martin for one mandate." Lapierre commented that Dion was the first leader not to have to cope with a divided party, after decades of infighting between Trudeau/Turner and Chrétien/Martin.

== Return to broadcasting ==
On 11 January 2007, Lapierre announced that he would retire from political office at the end of the month.<ref name="lapierre-resignation">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-liberal-mp-jean-lapierre-will-quit-by-month-s-end-1.681260 |title=Quebec Liberal MP Jean Lapierre will quit by month's end |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2007-01-11 |access-date=2015-05-29}}</ref> He did so on 28 January 2007.

He started work as a [[political analyst]] with Quebec television network [[TVA (TV network)|TVA]] and Montreal radio station [[CHMP-FM|98.5 FM]]. He co-hosted a political show with reporter Paul Larocque: ''Larocque-Lapierre.''<ref name="lcn-20070111-174830">[http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/national/collineparlementaire/archives/2007/01/20070111-174830.html Démission prochaine du libéral Jean Lapierre (French article)]{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also political commentator for [[CJAD]] and FM 98.5 radio in Montreal, and FM 93 in Quebec city. He contributed regularly to ''Power Play'' and ''Question Period'' on the CTV network.

In 2014, Lapierre was coauthor with [[Chantal Hébert]] of the non-fiction book ''The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was.''<ref>"Canadian fall books list long, diverse and quirky; Big names in fiction and politics". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', 14 September 2014.</ref> It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2015 [[Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing]].<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/shaughnessy-cohen-prize-finalists-announced/article22648737 "Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists announced"], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 27 January 2015.</ref>

== Death ==
{{Main|2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash}}
On 29 March 2016, Jean Lapierre died in a [[Mitsubishi MU-2#Incidents and accidents|plane crash]] short of the airport in the [[Magdalen Islands]]. All seven travellers on board died, including his wife Nicole Beaulieu, sister Martine Lapierre, and brothers Marc and Louis Lapierre. The family was en route to the funeral of Lapierre's father, Raymond C. Lapierre, who had died a few days earlier.<ref name="gazette-2016_03_29">{{cite web|author=Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette|url=http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2016/03/29/22618243.html|title=Ex-transport minister dies in plane crash en route to dad's funeral|publisher=Canoe.com|date=2016-03-29|access-date=2016-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329155119/http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2016/03/29/22618243.html|archive-date=2016-03-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> All of the Lapierre family members were honoured in a service at [[Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec|Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine]] in early April. They are survived by Marie-Anne and Jean-Michel Lapierre, children of Jean and his first wife, Gabrielle Choinière; and Lucie Lapierre, Raymond's widow.<ref name="funerals">[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/2016/04/08/002-gaspesie-iles-lapierre-funerailles-avion.shtml "Une cérémonie toute madelinienne pour la famille Lapierre"], Radio Canada {{in lang|fr}}, 8 April 2016, accessed 19 May 2016</ref>

Lapierre and Beaulieu were given a funeral at Saint-Viateur d'Outremont church in [[Montreal]] on 16 April 2016, attended by extended family, friends, political and broadcasting colleagues, and dignitaries including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. His daughter Marie-Anne Lapierre gave the eulogy.<ref name="outremont">[https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/papa-we-are-so-proud-to-be-your-children-jean-lapierres-family-says-final-goodbye/ Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press, " 'Papa, we are so proud to be your children': Jean Lapierre's family says final goodbye"], CTV News, 16 April 2016, accessed 19 May 2016</ref>

The plane was travelling faster and at a higher altitude than recommended, according to the federal [[Transportation Safety Board of Canada|Transportation Safety Board]]. The agency said that the plane crashed short of the airport soon after the pilot turned off the autopilot and lowered the landing gear.  Almost immediately afterwards, the Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 aircraft "rolled quickly into a steep right bank and descended rapidly" before smashing to the ground.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/speed-and-altitude-during-landing-at-fault-in-crash-that-killed-jean-lapierre | title=Speed, altitude during landing at fault in crash killing Jean Lapierre &#124; Montreal Gazette| date=2016-07-13}}</ref>

== Honours ==
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|[[File:Canada125 ribbon.png|100px]] || [[125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal]] ||
* 1993
* As a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada, Mr. Lapierre would have been awarded with the Canada 125 medal.  [[Canadian order of precedence]].<ref name="dominionofcanada.com">{{cite web|url=http://dominionofcanada.com/commemorative_medals/index.html|title=Commemorative Medals of The Queen's Reign in Canada|access-date=2016-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207135820/http://dominionofcanada.com/commemorative_medals/index.html|archive-date=2015-02-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|100px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] for Canada||
*  2002
* As a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada, Mr. Lapierre would have been awarded with the Golden Jubilee Medal.<ref name="dominionofcanada.com" />
*http://gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=43509&t=6&ln=Lapierre
|-
|[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|100px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] for Canada||
* 2012
* As a Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada, M. Lapierre would have been awarded with the Diamond Jubilee Medal. [[Canadian order of precedence]].<ref name="dominionofcanada.com" />
* http://gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=771&t=13&ln=Lapierre
|}

== Electoral record ==
{{2006 Canadian federal election/Outremont}}
''Source: [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/default.html Official Results, Elections Canada] and [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Financial Returns, Elections Canada].''

{{2004 Canadian federal election/Outremont}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jean Lapierre|23,943|48.24	|+0.73}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Danielle Coté|21,445|43.21	|+0.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Paul Pearson|4,242|8.55	|+1.89}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|49,630	|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984|Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jean Lapierre|25,483|47.51	|-20.96}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Denis Loubier|23,028|42.94	|+22.18}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Denis Boissé|3,569|6.65	|-1.16}}
{{CANelec|CA|Parti nationaliste|Pierre C. Boivin|1,552|2.89	|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|53,632	|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980|Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jean Lapierre|32,449|68.47	|+17.00}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Armand Russell]]|9,837|20.76	|-2.79}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Denis Boissé|3,701|7.81	|+5.76}}
{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|Cornélius André Brazeau|1,274|2.69	|+1.12}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Gilles Davignon|129|0.27	|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|47,390	|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979|Shefford (federal electoral district)|Shefford|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jean Lapierre|25,287|51.47	|+12.13}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gérald R. Scott|11,567|23.54	|+6.93}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Gilbert Rondeau|6,454|13.14	|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Murielle Audette|3,922|7.98	|-33.64}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Denis Boisse|1,008|2.05	|-0.37}}
{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|Lyse Dumouchel|770|1.57	|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Union populaire|Gilles Maille|121|0.25	|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|49,129	|100.00}}
{{end}}

== Archives ==
There is a Jean Lapierre [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jean Lapierre fonds, Library and Archives Canada|date = 20 July 2017|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=5006315&lang=eng|access-date=2020-09-18}}</ref>

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