Tarik Brahmi
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| Tarik Brahmi MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Jean |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 30, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Claude Bachand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 Lyon, France |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Engineer, consultant, politician |
Tarik Brahmi (born 1968) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean, first elected in the 2011 federal election. He is a member of the New Democratic Party. He succeeded Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois.
Born in Lyon, France with a father from Toudja, Algeria, he graduated from the Université de Montpellier in 1991 with a degree in Microelectronics and Control Engineering. He became interested in environmental causes in 1995, and worked in software development. He immigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006. He was a candidate for the municipal council of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2009. Most recently he worked as a senior interviewer for Statistics Canada.
[edit] Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % of total |
±pp change |
Expenditures | |
| New Democratic | Tarik Brahmi | 24,899 | 47.4% | - | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Claude Bachand | 16,023 | 30.5% | - | ||
| Conservative | Jean Thouin | 5,601 | 10.7% | - | ||
| Liberal | Robert David | 4,643 | 8.8% | - | ||
| Green | Pierre Tremblay | 1,322 | 2.5% | - | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,488 | 100.0% | ||||
Source: Elections Canada
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