Lionel Carmant

Lionel Carmant MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.^[1] He represents the electoral district of Taillon as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.^[2]

Lionel Carmant MNA
Carmant in 2023
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Taillon
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 2018
Preceded by	Diane Lamarre
Personal details
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec
Residence(s)	Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Profession	Physician

As Associate Minister for Health in October 2018, Carmant announced that the government will tighten the rules on cannabis consumption, including increasing the legal age to consume to 21 from 18.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Taillon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Lionel Carmant
	Parti Québécois	Andrée-Anne Bouvette-Turcot
	Québec solidaire	Manon Blanchard
	Liberal	Omar Cissé
	Conservative	Pierre-Marc Boyer
	Climat Québec	Frédéric Ouellet			–
	L'Union fait la force	Pierre Savignac			–
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots				–
Turnout
Electors on the lists				–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Taillon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Lionel Carmant	12,186	33.76	+9.54
	Parti Québécois	Diane Lamarre	10,138	28.08	-5.72
	Québec solidaire	Manon Blanchard	6,382	17.68	+6.57
	Liberal	Mohammed Barhone	6,042	16.74	-13.24
	Green	Mel-Lyna Cadieux Walker	766	2.12
	New Democratic	Jonathan Leduc	349	0.97
	Conservative	Gerardin Verty	235	0.65
Total valid votes			36,098	98.38
Total rejected ballots			595	1.62
Turnout			36,693	69.12
Eligible voters			53,083
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+7.63
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.