Sébastien Schneeberger

Schneeberger was born in Moutier, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, and moved to Canada at the age of 10; his father is a Swiss immigrant.[http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070327/CPACTUALITES02/703270746/6461/CPACTUALITES02 Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007]

Schneeberger obtained a college diploma in agricultural exploitation and management in 1994. He worked at a local farm in the Bois-Francs region for over 10 years and later worked as a trucker, technical adviser, sales adviser and manufacturing agent for various businesses in Drummondville. He also a founder for the young businesspeople association in the Centre-du-Quebec region.

Schneeberger was first elected in the 2007 election with 39% of the vote. Parti Québécois incumbent Normand Jutras, who was running for a fourth term, finished second with 33% of the vote. Schneeberger took office on April 12, 2007 and was named the critic for aboriginal affairs until a Shadow Cabinet shuffle in May 2008.[http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/04/12/005-AssermentationADQ.shtml Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007] He was defeated by Yves-François Blanchet of the Parti Québécois in the 2008 election; following the electoral redistribution that preceded the 2012 election, Schneeberger won election in the new Drummond–Bois-Francs riding, while Blanchet was simultaneously reelected in the neighbouring riding of Johnson.

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{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2014|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Sébastien Schneeberger |13,600|39.92}}

{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Daniel Lebel |8,958|26.29}}

{{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Isabelle Chabot |8,595|25.23}}

{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Francis Soulard |2,116|6.21}}

{{CANelec|QC|Parti nul |Frédéric Bélanger |361|1.06}}

{{CANelec|QC|Conservative (2009) |François Picard |285|0.84}}

{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Alexandre Phénix |155|0.45}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|34,070|98.34}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|575|1.66}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|34,645|69.23}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|50,041|–}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2012|percent=yes|change=yes|collapsed=no}}

{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Sébastien Schneeberger|13,879|37.59|+12.78}}

{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Annie Jean|11,374|30.80|-1.28}}

{{CANelec|QC|Liberal|Marie Désilets|8,230|22.29|-17.25}}

{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Francis Soulard|1,607|4.35|+0.86}}

{{CANelec|QC|ON|Martin Allard|950|2.57|}}

{{CANelec|QC|Conservative (2009)|François Picard|421|1.14|}}

{{CANelec|QC|Independents|Pierre Hébert|355|0.96|}}

{{CANelec|QC|Unité Nationale|Robert Dufour|107|0.29|}}

{{CANelec/gain|QC|CAQ|Liberal|+14.53}}

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^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ change is from ADQ

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{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Yves-Francois Blanchet|11,480|34.40|}}

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|Jacques Sigouin

|align="right"|10,860

|align="right"|32.54

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{{CANelec|QC|ADQ|Sébastien Schneeberger|9,757|29.23|}}

{{CANelec|QC|QS|Luce Daneau|1,279|3.83|}}

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