Marie-Claude Nichols

Marie-Claude Nichols
MNA
Marie-Claude Nichols MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Vaudreuil
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; April 7, 2014
Preceded by	Yvon Marcoux
Mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
	In office; November 1 2009 – April 7 2014
Preceded by	Serge Roy
Succeeded by	Danie Deschênes
Personal details
Born	December 5, 1973 (age 50); Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Quebec Liberal (2014–2022) Option Citoyens (2009-2014)
Residence(s)	Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Quebec

Marie-Claude Nichols (born December 5, 1973) is a Canadian politician born in Terrebonne, Quebec. Nichols was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.^[1] She represents the electoral district of Vaudreuil.

She was re-elected in 2018, and 2022. Shortly after being elected as liberal in 2022, she was expelled from caucus by party leader Dominique Anglade on October 27, 2022 for refusing the transport critic role.^[2] She announced she would sit as an independent. Prior to her election to the legislature, Nichols was the mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot for 5 years.

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Vaudreuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie-Claude Nichols	13,608	34.22	-5.70
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Eve Bélec	13,032	32.77	+0.14
	Conservative	Eve Théoret	4,619	11.62	+9.92
	Québec solidaire	Cynthia Bilodeau	3,671	9.23	-0.82
	Parti Québécois	Christopher Massé	3,061	7.70	-2.35
	Canadian	David Hamelin-Schuilenburg	726	1.83	–
	Green	Kelley Boileau	496	1.25	-1.45
	Bloc Montreal	Jaspal Singh Ahluwalia	477	1.20	–
	Démocratie directe	Paul Lynes	75	0.19	–
Total valid votes			39,765	98.97
Total rejected ballots			415	1.03
Turnout			40,180	65.19	-0.51
Electors on the lists			61,632
	Liberal hold		Swing		–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Vaudreuil
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie-Claude Nichols	15,143	39.92	-21.27
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Claude Bourbonnais	12,378	32.63	+17.01
	Parti Québécois	Philip Lapalme	3,813	10.05	-5.91
	Québec solidaire	Igor Erchov	3,811	10.05	+5.41
	Green	Jason Mossa	1,026	2.70	+1.42
	Conservative	Ryan Robertson	644	1.70	+1.27
	New Democratic	Ryan Young	568	1.50
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Daniel Pilon	343	0.90
	Bloc Pot	Camille Piché-Jetté	206	0.54
Total valid votes			37,932	98.68
Total rejected ballots			508	1.32	+0.17
Turnout			38,440	65.70	-12.29
Eligible voters			58,504
	Liberal hold		Swing		-19.14
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marie-Claude Nichols	27,750	61.19	+16.12
	Parti Québécois	Marcos Archambault	7,238	15.96	-4.75
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Luc Tison	7,084	15.62	-10.00
	Québec solidaire	David Fortin Côté	2,101	4.63	-0.25
	Green	Thomas Radcliffe	584	1.29	-1.19
	Conservative	Michel Paul	196	0.43	–
	Parti équitable	Julien Leclerc	190	0.42	–
	Option nationale	Jean-Gabriel Cauchon	115	0.25	-0.78
	Mon pays le Québec	Léon Dupré	90	0.20	–
Total valid votes			45,348	98.95	–
Total rejected ballots			528	1.15	–
Turnout			45,876	77.99	+1.56
Electors on the lists			58,822	–	–