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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Worship (style)|His Worship]]
| name             = Yves Lessard
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = Yves Lessard.png
| office           = Mayor of [[Saint-Basile-le-Grand]]
| term_start       = 2017
| term_end         = 
| predecessor      = Bernard Gagnon
| successor        =
| office1          = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Chambly—Borduas]]
| term_start1      = 2004
| term_end1        = 2011
| predecessor1     = ''new riding''
| successor1       = [[Matthew Dubé]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age |1943|1|2}}
| birth_place      = [[Barraute|Barville]], Quebec, Canada
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| party            = [[Bloc Québécois]]
| spouse           =
| residence        = [[Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec]]
| profession       = businessman, union advisor
| footnotes        =
}}

'''Yves Lessard''' (born January 2, 1943) is a Canadian politician. From 2001 to 2004, Lessard served as a city councillor in [[Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec]]. In the [[2004 Canadian federal election]] he was elected into the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as the [[Bloc Québécois]] candidate in [[Chambly—Borduas]].<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2372|nolist=yes}}, Accessed 14 April 2011</ref>

Born in [[Barraute|Barville, Quebec]], a businessman and union adviser, Lessard was the Bloc critic of Human Resources and Skills Development.

He was defeated in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 election]] by [[Matthew Dubé]] of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]].

==Electoral record==

===Beloeil—Chambly===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Matthew Dubé]]|20,641|31.07|-11.53|$37,588.92}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karine Desjardins|19,494|29.34|+20.32|$13,921.30}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Yves Lessard]]|18,387|27.68|+0.27|$42,490.04}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Claude Chalhoub|6,173|9.29|+1.35|$3,916.18}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Fodé Kerfalla Yansané|1,498|2.25|+0.70|$2,528.52}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Michael Maher|245|0.37|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|&ndash;|100.00|&nbsp;|$233,044.70}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|950|1.41|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|67,388|74.00|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|91,068}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|NDP|-15.93}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24011&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |title=Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Beloeil—Chambly, 30 September 2015 |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003053219/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24011&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=2015-08-15 }}</ref>}}
{{end}}

===Chambly—Borduas===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Matthew Dubé]]|29,591|42.74|+28.56| }}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Yves Lessard]]|19,147|27.65|-22.43| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|[[Jean-François Mercier]]|7,843|11.33|–| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bernard DeLorme|6,165|8.90|-7.88| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Nathalie Ferland Drolet|5,425|7.83|-7.24| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Nicholas Lescarbeau|1,072|1.55|-2.33| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|69,243|100.00| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|621|0.89|-0.36}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|69,864|70.62|+2.21 }}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|NDP|BQ|+25.5}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Yves Lessard]]|31,773|50.08|-4.62| $62,155}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Gabriel Arsenault|10,649|16.78|+5.53| $15,849 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Suzanne Chartrand|9,564|15.07|-5.55| $71,231}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Serge Gélinas|8,998|14.18|+5.79| $1,485}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Olivier Adam|2,460|3.88|-1.17|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|63,444|100.00| $94,088}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|804|1.25|+0.03}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|64,248|68.41| -2.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Yves Lessard]]|33,703|54.70|-6.15| $52,524}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Yves Bourassa|12,703|20.62|+13.06| $12,463}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Chantal Bouchard|6,933|11.25|-11.50| $15,231}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Alain Dubois|5,167| 8.39|+3.58| $6,162}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Olivier Adam|3,113| 5.05|+1.02| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|61,619| 100.00| $85,251}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|762|1.22|-0.86}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|62,381|70.41| +3.41}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Yves Lessard]]|33,945|60.85|+10.91| $79,946}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Sophie Joncas|12,694|22.75|-10.56| $55,054}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Lucien Richard|4,219|7.56|-4.36| $43,678}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Daniel Blouin|2,681|4.81|+3.34| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Benoit Lapointe|2,248|4.03|–|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|55,787| 100.00| $81,855}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|1,186|2.08|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|56,973|67.00| }}
{{end}}
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

==References==
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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bloc Québécois MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]