Jean-Guy Carignan
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| birth_place=Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
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| riding=Quebec East
| predecessor=Jean-Paul Marchand
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| term_start=2000
| term_end=2004
| profession=administrator
| party=Liberal
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Jean-Guy Carignan (born 3 May 1941 in Victoriaville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 to 2004. He was an administrator by career.{{cite book | title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide | year=2001 | publisher=Gale Group }}
Career
Carignan joined the 37th Canadian Parliament on 27 November 2000 after being elected a Liberal member for the Quebec East electoral district.
On his election day, however, he was charged with offences relating to a hit and run incident on 3 October 2000. He pleaded guilty to these charges on 6 November 2001 and was sentenced to a partial house arrest and 100 hours of community service that allowed him to attend the House of Commons.{{cite news|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025059876545_20469076// |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329100907/https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025059876545_20469076 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2022 |title=Liberal MP resigns over hit-and-run accident |publisher=CTV News |date=14 December 2001 |access-date=2010-03-28 }} He resigned from the Liberal party on 14 December 2001 and continued as an independent member of Parliament.{{Cite news |date=14 December 2001 |title=Liberal MP quits caucus after crash conviction |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberal-mp-quits-caucus-after-crash-conviction-1.275157 |access-date=10 July 2006 |publisher=CBC News}}{{Cite news |date=6 November 2001 |title=Quebec Liberal MP pleads guilty to hit-and-run |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-liberal-mp-pleads-guilty-to-hit-and-run-1.268052 |access-date=2010-03-28 |publisher=CBC News}}
He declared himself an "Independent Liberal" for a year, beginning 7 October 2002. On 8 October 2003 he rejoined the Liberal party for two days, with Jean Chrétien calling for his resignation after it was learned he did not yet complete his sentence for his 2001 conviction.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=cir&document=explan_2000&dir=dis&lang=e&textonly=false | title=Explanation of changes to party standings (2000–2004) | publisher=Elections Canada | date=18 May 2004 | access-date=2010-03-28 }}{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/candidatesridings/changingpartners.html | publisher=CBC News | work=Canada Votes 2004 | title=Changing Partners | year=2004 | access-date=2010-03-28 }}{{Cite news |date=9 October 2003 |title=Le député Jean-Guy Carignan forcé de redémissionner |url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2003/10/09/le-depute-jean-guy-carignan-force-de-redemissionner |access-date=2010-03-28 |publisher=LCN |language=French}}
Further controversy ensued following a mailing of 2000 Christmas cards featuring a picture of Carignan with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Groups such as the Canadian Jewish Congress and the B'nai B'rith Canada's League for Human Rights condemned the MP's choice of seasonal greetings.{{cite news|url=http://www.cjc.ca/2002/12/12/quebec-mp-criticized-for-arafat-greeting/ |publisher=Canadian Jewish News |title=Quebec MP criticized for Arafat greeting |date=12 December 2002 |first=David |last=Lazarus |access-date=2010-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610101120/http://www.cjc.ca/2002/12/12/quebec-mp-criticized-for-arafat-greeting/ |archivedate=10 June 2011 |df=dmy }}
For the 2004 election, Carignan ran as an independent in Louis-Saint-Laurent, essentially a reconfigured version of his old riding. He finished in sixth place while Bernard Cleary of the Bloc Québécois won the riding.
References
External links
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Category:Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons
Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:People from Victoriaville
Category:Politicians from Centre-du-Québec
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada