Jean Charest is a former Canadian politician that served in various elected offices in both the federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Quebec. Starting his career in federal politics, Charest sought public office for the first time in the 1984 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. After 15 years in federal politics, which included a period as leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives from 1993 to 1998, Charest entered provincial politics and became the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party in 1998. He would then serve as the premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012.

Throughout his career, Charest has run in 9 constituency level elections, led a political party in 6 general election campaigns, and sought the leadership of a political party on 4 occasions.

Overview +Electoral history of Jean Charest — Legislative general elections Year Type Party VotesSeatsPosition Total % Total±1997 Federal Progressive Conservative 2,446,705 18.84% +2.80 +18 1998 Provincial Liberal 1,771,858 43.55% -0.85 +1 2003 1,755,863 45.99% +2.44 +28 2007 1,313,664 33.08% -12.91 -28 2008 1,366,046 42.08% +9.00 +18 2012 1,360,968 31.20% -10.88 -16

+Electoral history of Jean Charest — Constituency elections Year Type Riding Party Votes for Charest Result Swing Total % . 1984 Federal Sherbrooke Progressive Conservative 22,232 51.5% 1st +42.2 Gain 1988 34,538 63.3% 1st +11.8 Hold 1993 29,740 52.3% 1st -11.0 Hold 1997 32,228 59.5% 1st +7.2 Hold 1998 Provincial Sherbrooke Liberal 15,093 47.41% 1st +4.6 Gain 2003 16,403 46.95% 1st -0.5 Hold 2007 13,136 36.56% 1st -10.4 Hold 2008 13,694 45.24% 1st +8.7 Hold 2012 113,267 35.13% 2nd -10.1 Gain

+Electoral history of Jean Charest — Political party leadership elections Year Party Votes % % . Result 1993 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,369 ()1,630 () 39.5% ()47.3% () Point system not used 2nd 1995 1,187 96.04% 1st 1998 Quebec Liberal Party Acclaimed 1st 2022 Conservative Party of Canada 48,650 11.65% 5,421.62 16.07% 2nd

General elections Federal election, 1997

+ PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular VoteJean Chrétien115538.5%Preston Manning26019.4%Gilles Duceppe34410.7%Alexa McDonough2111.1%Jean Charest2018.8%–10.5%Total 301 99.0%4Sources: Library of Parliament 1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election. 2 Leader of a third party when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election. 3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; leader of a third party after the election. 4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 1998

+ PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote Lucien Bouchard1 76 42.87% Jean Charest2 48 43.55% Mario Dumont 1 11.81%Total 125 98.23%3 1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election. 2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election. 3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2003

+ PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote Jean Charest1 76 45.99% Bernard Landry2 45 33.24% Mario Dumont 4 18.18%Total 125 97.41%3 1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Premier after election. 2 Premier when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election. 3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2007

+ PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote Jean Charest1 48 33.08% Mario Dumont2 41 30.84% André Boisclair3 36 28.35%Total 125 92.27%4 1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election. 2 Third party leader when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election. 3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Third party leader after election. 4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2008

+ PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote Jean Charest1 66 42.08% Pauline Marois2 51 35.17% Mario Dumont3 7 16.37% Françoise DavidAmir Khadir 1 3.78%Total 125 97.40%4 1 Premier when election was called; Premier after election. 2 Third party leader when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election. 3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Third party leader after election. 4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2012

+ PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote Pauline Marois1 54 31.95% Jean Charest2 50 31.20% François Legault 19 27.05% Françoise DavidAmir Khadir 2 6.03%Total 125 96.23%3 1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Premier after election. 2 Premier when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election. 3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Constituency elections Federal election, 1984: Sherbrooke

Federal election, 1988: Sherbrooke

Federal election, 1993: Sherbrooke

Federal election, 1997: Sherbrooke

Quebec general election, 1998: Sherbrooke

Quebec general election, 2003: Sherbrooke

Quebec general election, 2007: Sherbrooke

Quebec general election, 2008: Sherbrooke

Quebec general election, 2012: Sherbrooke

Party leadership elections Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 1993

+ Delegate support by ballot Candidate 1st ballot 2nd ballot Votes cast % Votes cast % Kim Campbell 1,664 48.0% 1,817 52.7% Jean Charest 1,369 39.5% 1,630 47.3% Jim Edwards 307 8.8% Endorsed Campbell Garth Turner 76 2.2% Withdrew; Did not endorse Patrick Boyer 53 1.5% Endorsed Charest Total 3,469 100.0% 3,447 100.0%

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 1995 Following the resignation of Kim Campbell, Jean Charest was appointed as the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party on December 14, 1993. On April 29, 1995, a vote was held to confirm Charest as the permanent party leader.

+ Vote to ratify Jean Charest as leader Candidate Yes No Delegate Count % Delegate Count % Jean Charest 1,187 96.04% 49 3.96% Total 1,236

Quebec Liberal leadership election, 1998 Jean Charest was acclaimed as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party on April 30, 1998.

Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2022

+ Conservative Leadership Election, September 10, 2022 First and only ballot Candidate Votes cast Points wonPierre Poilievre295,28570.70%22,993.4268.15%Jean Charest48,65011.65%5,421.6216.07%Leslyn Lewis46,37411.10%3,269.549.69%Roman Baber22,3815.36%1,696.765.03%Total412,69098.81%33,737.9998.94% Sources: Conservative Party of Canada

See also Electoral history of Kim Campbell – Charest's principle opponent in the 1993 PC leadership election Electoral history of Jean Chrétien – Charest's opponent in the 1997 federal election Electoral history of Pierre Poilievre – Charest's principle opponent in the 2022 Conservative leadership election

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