Sylvain Rochon

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| office = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Richelieu

| term_start=March 9, 2015

| term_end=August 29, 2018

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Sylvain Rochon is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on March 9, 2015.[https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/pq-clings-to-richelieu-as-caq-vote-continues-to-grow-liberals-place-third "PQ clings to Richelieu as CAQ vote continues to grow; Liberals place third"]. Montreal Gazette, March 9, 2015. He represented the electoral district of Richelieu as a member of the Parti Québécois until 2018.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Rochon worked as a journalist for local radio station CJSO-FM, and as a political assistant to both Élaine Zakaïb, his predecessor as MNA for Richelieu, and Zakaïb's predecessor Sylvain Simard.[http://www.soreltracy.com/2014/oct/13o.html "Sylvain Rochon sera candidat à l'investiture du Parti Québécois Richelieu"]. Sorel-Tracy Magazine, October 13, 2014.

Electoral record

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|March 9, 2015|percent=yes|change=yes|by=yes}}

{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Sylvain Rochon|7,294|35.98|-3.04}}

{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Jean-Bernard Émond|6,584|32.48|+5.66}}

{{CANelec|QC|Liberal|Benoît Théroux|5,054|24.93|-0.72}}

{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Marie-Ève Mathieu|541|2.67|-2.63}}

{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale|Sol Zanetti|316|1.56|+0.21}}

{{CANelec|QC|Green |Vincent Pouliot|352|1.74|+0.58}}

{{CANelec|QC|Conservative (2009) |Daniel Gaudreau|103|0.51|-0.21}}

{{CANelec|QC|EA|Louis Chandonnet|30|0.15|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|20,274|98.45|+1.00}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|319|1.55|-1.00}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|20,593|46.43|-23.57}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|44,356|–|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|QC|PQ|-4.35}}

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References