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{{Short description|Canadian politician and television host}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name= Pascal Berube
| image= Pascal Bérubé.png
| caption= Bérubé in 2023
| cabinet= 
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1975|02|16}}
| birth_place= [[Matane]], [[Quebec]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| profession= television host
| party=[[Parti Québécois]]
| residence=
| honorific-suffix= [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]]
| office        = Interim Leader of the [[Parti Québécois]]
| term_start      = October 9, 2018
| term_end      = October 9, 2020
| predecessor       = [[Jean-François Lisée]] 
| successor        = [[Paul St-Pierre Plamondon]]

| office1=Member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Matane-Matapédia]]<br /><small>[[Matane (provincial electoral district)|Matane]] (2007–2012)</small>
| term_start1=March 26, 2007
| term_end1=
| predecessor1= [[Nancy Charest]] 
| successor1=
| portfolio= Financial aid for educational studies, sports and leisure
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|}}

'''Pascal Bérubé''' ({{IPA|fr|paskal beʁybe}}; born February 16, 1975, in [[Matane]], [[Quebec]]) is a Canadian politician and television host. He is the current Member of [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for the riding of [[Matane-Matapédia]] (formerly [[Matane (provincial electoral district)|Matane]]) and represents the [[Parti Québécois]]. He was appointed [[Acting (law)|interim leader]] of the party following the [[2018 Quebec general election|October 1, 2018 Québec election]] in which [[Jean-François Lisée]] lost his seat and resigned the leadership.

Berubé studied at [[Université du Québec à Rimouski]] and obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in education sciences. He later worked as a coordinator for [[Matane Regional County Municipality|Matane]] and [[La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality|La Haute-Gaspesie]] regional county municipalities and a political aide for the [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Education and the Minister of Regions. He was also a television host and researcher at [[Cogeco]] in Matane, and the former vice-president of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec.

Bérubé was a candidate for Matane in the [[2003 Quebec general election|2003 elections]] but was defeated by the [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal Candidate]] [[Nancy Charest]]. In [[2007 Quebec general election|2007]], he defeated Charest by just over 200 votes. He was named the PQ's critic in communitarian action but later promoted to the portfolio of financial aid for studies.

He was re-elected in [[2012 Quebec general election|2012]], [[2014 Quebec general election|2014]], [[2018 Quebec general election|2018]], and [[2022 Quebec general election|2022]].

He was nominated Opposition House Leader by Jean-François Lisée in October 2016 and was named interim  leader of the Parti Quebecois on October 9, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4530285/parti-quebecois-names-pascal-berube-as-interim-leader/|title = Parti Québécois names Pascal Bérubé as interim leader - Montreal &#124; Globalnews.ca}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{2022 Quebec general election/Matane-Matapédia}}
{{2018 Quebec general election/Matane-Matapédia}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Pascal Bérubé |18,025|61.16|+2.17}}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Dave Gravel |6,712|22.77|+4.09}}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Yann Gobeil-Nadon |3,019|10.24|-5.67}}
{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Gérald Tremblay |1,511|5.13|0.00}}
{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Joëlle Vadeboncoeur Harrison |207|0.70|-0.61}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|29,474|98.49|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|453|1.51|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|29,927|63.00|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|47,356|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2012|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Pascal Bérubé |19,768|58.99|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Jean-Clément Ouellet|6,263|18.69|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Pierre D'Amours |5,332|15.91|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Diane Bélanger |1,230|3.67|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Geneviève Allard |440|1.31|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|Green |Lise Deschênes |348|1.04|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec|QC|EA|Pascal Gauthier |127|0.38|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|33,508|99.17|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|280|0.83|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|33,788|70.96|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|47,613|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{end}}

{{2008 Quebec general election/Matane}}
{{2007 Quebec general election/Matane}}
{{2003 Quebec general election/Matane}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Quebec MNA biography|berube-pascal-991}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070614061035/http://campagne.pq.org/?q=candidats%2F560 Bio from the Parti Québécois website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pascal-b-rub-named-interim-parti-qu-b-cois-leader-1.4856014 Pascal Bérubé named interim Parti Québécois leader]

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