Yvon Lévesque | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Riding: | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004–2006 |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | 2006 |
Term End: | 2011 |
Predecessor: | new riding |
Successor: | Romeo Saganash |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1940 |
Birth Place: | Lac-au-Saumon, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Bloc Québécois |
Residence: | Val-d'Or |
Profession: | electrician, labour consultant, superintendent |
Yvon Lévesque (born March 10, 1940) is a retired politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou.
Born in Lac-au-Saumon, he was an electrician, foreman, labour relations consultant, labour representative, and superintendent before he was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004. He defeated Guy St-Julien, a former Progressive Conservative turned Liberal MP, by 572 votes.
On May 2, 2011, in the 2011 federal election, Lévesque lost his seat to New Democratic Party candidate Romeo Saganash.[1] [2]