Benoit Charette MNA (born July 19, 1976) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes. He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. On December 19, 2011 he joined the Coalition Avenir Québec and is the current Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment. In 2021 he was assigned a new provincial role in combating racism.

A graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor's degree in history, he also studied municipal development at the École nationale d'administration publique. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.

Charette defeated the ADQ's Lucie Leblanc in Deux-Montagnes in the 2008 elections.

Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecBenoît Charette
Parti QuébécoisGuillaume Lalonde
Québec solidaireOlivier Côté
LiberalMarc Allaire
ConservativeIsabelle Baril
GreenAmavi Tagodoe
Climat QuébecHélèna Courteau–
L'Union fait la forceDominique Dubois-Massey–
Total valid votes–
Total rejected ballots–
Turnout
Electors on the lists––
vte2018 Quebec general election: Deux-Montagnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecBenoit Charette16,03847.44+13.28
Parti QuébécoisDaniel Goyer6,46419.12-12.85
Québec solidaireAudrey Lesage-Lanthier4,91214.53+7.84
LiberalFabienne Fatou Diop4,52313.38-12.27
GreenIsabelle Dagenais7222.14
ConservativeDelia Fodor3681.09
Citoyens au pouvoirDenis Paré3220.95
Parti libreMartin Brulé2530.75
Bloc PotHans Roker Jr1520.45
CINQEric Emond520.15
Total valid votes33,80698.15
Total rejected ballots6361.85
Turnout34,44271.10
Eligible voters48,440
Coalition Avenir Québec holdSwing+13.07
Source(s). Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecBenoit Charette11,86834.16-1.09
Parti QuébécoisDaniel Goyer11,10731.97-6.83
LiberalLuc Leclerc8,91325.65+7.66
Québec solidaireDuncan Hart Cameron2,3266.69+2.6
Parti équitableAlec Ware2970.85
Option nationaleLouis-Félix Cauchon2330.67-1.25
Total valid votes34,74498.01–
Total rejected ballots7051.99–
Turnout35,44974
Electors on the lists47,612––
2012 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti QuébécoisDaniel Goyer14,42338.80-4.33
Coalition Avenir QuébecBenoit Charette13,10235.25+17.25
LiberalStéphanie Ménard6,68917.99-14.38
Québec solidaireNormand Godon1,5224.09+1.81
GreenPrincess Brooks7241.95-2.27
Option nationaleWilson Ortiz7121.92
Total valid votes37,17298.56–
Total rejected ballots5451.44–
Turnout37,71779.99
Electors on the lists47,154––
Parti Québécois holdSwing-10.79

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

2008 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti QuébécoisBenoit Charette11,96143.14+10.13
LiberalMarie-France D'Aoust8,98032.39+8.45
Action démocratiqueLucie Leblanc4,98617.98-18.34
GreenGuy Rainville1,1684.21-0.03
Québec solidaireJulien Demers6322.28+0.12
Total valid votes27,72798.11–
Total rejected ballots5351.89–

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