Christopher Skeete
Christopher Skeete | |
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 Skeete in 2019 | |
| Quebec Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2025 | |
| Premier | François Legault Christine Fréchette |
| Preceded by | Martine Biron |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sainte-Rose | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Habel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1979 Laval, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Christopher Skeete MNA (born September 20, 1979) 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 Sainte-Rose as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
Life and career
[edit]Skeete was born on September 20, 1979, in Laval, Quebec.[2] He attended Vanier college. He holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the ESG-UQÀM in Montréal as well as a bachelor's degree in political science and public affairs from Concordia University.
Earlier in his career, Skeete worked as a customs officer and also as the director of regional operations for a veterinary clinic. With his wife, he started CasMedic, a firm that provides mobile blood tests to patients in their homes as well as vaccinations to clients at pharmacies.[3] Before 2018, Skeete was vice-president for the West-du-Québec region of the Coalition Avenir Québec party.[4]
He was previously a candidate for the CAQ in the district of Vimont in the 2012 election, and in the district of Fabre in the 2014 election.
On October 18, 2018, he was named parliamentary secretary to the premier François Legault. He was named the Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers on November 7, 2018. On February 24, 2021, he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for the Fight Against Racism.[5] He became Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie in 2025.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2022 Quebec general election: Sainte-Rose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Christopher Skeete | 14,091 | 38.50 | +1.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Michel Trottier | 8,778 | 23.98 | –6.14 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Karine Cliche | 5,243 | 14.33 | +0.45 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Lyne Jubinville | 4,536 | 12.39 | –2.11 | ||||
| Conservative | Stéphanie Beauchamp | 3,429 | 9.37 | +8.21 | ||||
| Green | Pierrette Kamning Nguendjong | 304 | 0.83 | –1.69 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Simon Filiatrault | 128 | 0.35 | – | ||||
| Parti 51 | Kevin Fortin | 91 | 0.25 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,600 | 98.68 | +0.15 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 490 | 1.32 | –0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,090 | 67.56 | –2.45 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 54,902 | – | – | |||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Sainte-Rose | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Christopher Skeete | 13,491 | 36.84 | +12.79 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Habel | 11,029 | 30.12 | -12.08 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marc-André Constantin | 5,309 | 14.50 | -12.79 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Simon Charron | 5,082 | 13.88 | +8.10 | ||||
| Green | Caroline Bergevin | 923 | 2.52 | |||||
| Conservative | Benoit Blanchard | 423 | 1.16 | |||||
| New Democratic | Alain Giguère | 250 | 0.68 | |||||
| CINQ | Valérie Louis-Charles | 110 | 0.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,617 | 98.53 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 546 | 1.47 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,163 | 70.01 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 53,080 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.44 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gilles Ouimet | 20,614 | 55.14 | +17.64 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | François-Gycelain Rocque | 7,798 | 20.86 | -7.11 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Christopher Skeete | 6,667 | 17.83 | -9.94 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Marie-Claire Des Rochers-Lamarche | 2,122 | 5.68 | +2.13 | ||||
| Option nationale | Bernard Paré | 181 | 0.48 | -0.61 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,382 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 440 | 1.16 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 37,822 | 77.23 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 48,972 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Rousselle | 12,973 | 37.48 | -10.87 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Linda Tousignant | 10,564 | 30.52 | -4.57 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Christopher Skeete | 8,544 | 24.68 | +13.17 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | David Lanneville | 1,373 | 3.97 | +0.17 | ||||
| Option nationale | Catherine Houbart | 688 | 1.99 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jean-Marc Boyer | 253 | 0.73 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Alain Robert | 219 | 0.63 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,614 | 98.88 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 393 | 1.12 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 35,007 | 79.34 | – | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 44,122 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.15 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "La CAQ obtient Sainte-Rose". Courrier Laval, October 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Christopher Skeete - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Meet the CAQ's point man with anglos". montrealgazette. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Christopher Skeete - Sainte-Rose". Coalition Avenir Québec (in French). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ↑ "Christopher Skeete - National Assembly of Québec". m.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
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