Jean-Claude Malépart

Jean-Claude Malépart
Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie
In office 21 November 1988 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	Jacques Lavoie
Succeeded by	Gilles Duceppe
Member of Parliament for Montreal—Sainte-Marie (Sainte-Marie; 1979–1984)
In office 22 May 1979 – 20 November 1988
Preceded by	Jacques Lavoie
Succeeded by	Gilles Duceppe
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Marie
In office 29 October 1973 – 14 November 1976
Preceded by	Charles-Henri Tremblay
Succeeded by	Guy Bisaillon
Personal details
Born	Jean-Claude Malépart (1938-12-03)3 December 1938 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	16 November 1989(1989-11-16) (aged 50) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Profession	Social Worker Administrator

Jean-Claude Malépart (3 December 1938 – 16 November 1989) was a French Canadian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1976 and of the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until his death.

Life and career

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the son of Charles-Auguste Malépart and Germaine Mérineau. Both his parents died during his childhood: his mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died fourteen years later. He grew up in the Sainte-Marie district.

Malépart was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Sainte-Marie in the 1973 election, after losing the 1970 election. He was defeated in the 1976 election.

A member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the ridings of Sainte-Marie (later Montreal—Sainte-Marie), and Laurier—Sainte-Marie, he was elected in the 1979, 1980, 1984, and 1988 federal elections. A Liberal, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works from 1982 to 1984.

Malépart and his wife, Pierette, had two daughters. Their daughter Nathalie Malépart ran as the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate in a 2006 by-election in the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques. She lost to the Parti Québécois candidate, Martin Lemay.

Death

Malépart died from lung cancer at Hôpital Notre-Dame on 16 November 1989, aged 50. He is buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

His seat was won by Gilles Duceppe in the by-election.

Electoral record (partial)

1988 Canadian federal election: Laurier—Sainte-Marie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Malepart	15,956	39.07	$41,754
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Hamelin	12,113	29.66	$35,391
	New Democratic	François Beaulne	8,828	21.62	$42,678
	Rhinoceros	Sonia Chatouille Côté	2,121	5.19	$425
	Green	Philippe Champagne	1,438	3.52	$0
	Communist	Marianne Roy	175	0.43	$1,263
	Independent Marxist-Leninist	Hélène Héroux	130	0.32	$130
	Commonwealth of Canada	Daniel Gonzales	79	0.19	$0
Total valid votes			40,840	100.00
Total rejected ballots			729
Turnout			41,569	69.33
Electors on the lists			59,956
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.

External links

• Jean-Claude Malépart – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.