Dominique Vien
Canadian politician

Dominique Vien
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded bySteven Blaney
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bellechasse
In office
December 8, 2008 – August 29, 2018
Preceded byJean Domingue
Succeeded byStéphanie Lachance
In office
April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007
Preceded byClaude Lachance
Succeeded byJean Domingue
Personal details
Born (1967-02-10) February 10, 1967 (age 58)
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
PartyConservative Party of Canada (federal)
Quebec Liberal Party (provincial)
Education
Occupationjournalist, radio and TV host

Dominique Vien (born February 10, 1967)[1] is a Canadian politician who has been the MP for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis since the 2021 general election. She previous served as a Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2014, during which she served in the Quebec provincial cabinet.

Before politics

Born in Lévis, Quebec, Vien studied at Université Laval and received a bachelor's degree in communications in 1992. She also studied at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in training, animation and leadership in 2001.[1]

From 1992 to 2003, she was a journalist, anchor and host at a radio station in Lac-Etchemin and was a journalist and news anchor at Radio-Canada's CBV-FM in Quebec City from 1999 to 2001.

During her brief time out of office between 2007 and 2008, she worked for the Desjardins Group as a communications advisor.[1]

Political career

Provincial career

Vein stood as the Quebec Liberal Party candidate in the electoral district of Bellechasse in the six Québec provincial general elections between 2003 and 2018.

She was first elected as its Member of the National Assembly (MNA) in the 2003 Quebec provincial election. During her first term, she served as the parliamentary secretary for the Minister of Culture and Communications.[1] She was briefly out of office following her defeat in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action démocratique du Québec.

Vien was re-elected in the same district in 2008, and held the seat for the following decade until being defeated by Coalition Avenir Québec candidate Stéphanie Lachance in the 2018 election that saw the CAQ forming government for the first time. Immediately following the 2008 election, she was promoted into the cabinet of Jean Charest [fr] as Minister for Government Services. She was reassigned to be the Minister Delegate (associate minister) for social services in 2010, serving under Minister of Health and Social Services Yves Bolduc until the defeat of the Charest government in the 2012 election. Upon the Liberals' return to power in 2014 after a brief stint in opposition, Vien joined the cabinet of Philippe Couillard [fr] as tourism minister from 2014 to 2016. and as labour minister and the government's deputy house leader from 2016 to 2018.[1]

Vien was defeated in the 2018 election when the Liberals lost more then half of their seats. From 2018 to 2021, she worked as the director general for Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality administration.[1]

Member of Parliament

Vien was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[2][3]

In the 2022 Conservative leadership contest, Vien was one of several Conservative MPs who issued an open letter to urge former Québec premier Jean Charest to enter the contest. Charest entered the contest but lost to Pierre Poilievre.[4]

In late 2025, to quell speculation that she was among the Conservative MPs considering leaving the party, Vien released a video statement reaffirming her commitment to the party.[5]

Electoral record

Federal

2025 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Dominique Vien 32,097 49.08 -2.92
Liberal Glenn O'Farrell 18,642 28.51 +12.96
Bloc Québécois Gaby Breton 12,244 18.72 -4.04
New Democratic Marie-Philippe Gagnon Gauthier 1,621 2.48 -2.44
People's Mario Fréchette 794 1.21 N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,398 98.39
Total rejected ballots 1,071 1.61
Turnout 66,469 72.46
Eligible voters 91,736
Conservative notional hold Swing -7.94
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 Canadian federal election: Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Dominique Vien 32,259 51.04 +0.94 $27,017.86
Bloc Québécois Marie-Christine Richard 14,670 23.21 +0.32 $15,804.72
Liberal Daniel Vaillancourt 10,075 15.94 -0.72 $5,446.69
New Democratic Marie-Philippe Gagnon Gauthier 3,183 5.04 -0.02 $0.48
Free Raymond Arcand 1,802 2.85 – $0.00
Green Hélène Lefebvre 913 1.44 -1.54 $0.00
Independent Chamroeun Khuon 306 0.48 – $915.04
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,208 – – $123,757.24
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 65.62 -3.71
Registered voters 96,317
Conservative hold Swing +0.31
Source: Elections Canada[8]

Provincial

2018 Quebec general election: Bellechasse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance 16,302 53.85 +20.67
Liberal Dominique Vien 8,223 27.16 -22.11
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 2,272 7.5 +4.81
Parti Québécois Benoît Béchard 2,198 7.26 -6.06
Conservative Dominique Messner 976 3.22 +2.04
Bloc Pot Simon Guay 200 0.66
Alliance provinciale Sébastien Roy 103 0.34
Total valid votes 30,274 98.26
Total rejected ballots 535 1.74
Turnout 30,809 70.10
Eligible voters 43,947
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +21.39
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 15,843 49.27 +9.41
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance 10,668 33.18 -4.78
Parti Québécois Linda Goupil 4,283 13.32 -1.64
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 378 2.69 -1.87
Conservative Patrice Aubin 344 1.18 +0.42
Option nationale Mathilde Lefebvre 116 0.36 –
Total valid votes 32,153 99.03 –
Total rejected ballots 316 0.97 –
Turnout 32,469 75.23 -0.89
Electors on the lists 43,158 – –
Liberal hold Swing +7.10
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 13,119 40.67 -4.52
Coalition Avenir Québec Christian Lévesque 12,421 38.51 +2.31
Parti Québécois Clément Pouliot 4,896 15.18 -0.81
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 989 3.07 +0.56
Middle Class Patrice Aubin 344 1.07 –
Conservative Linda Beaudoin 215 0.67 –
Équipe Autonomiste Sébastien Ruel 156 0.48 –
Unité Nationale Christine Lavoie 115 0.36 –
Total valid votes 32,255 98.80 –
Total rejected ballots 393 1.20 –
Turnout 32,648 76.12 +11.77
Electors on the lists 42,892 – –

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 10,530 47.66 +13.31
Action démocratique Jean Domingue 7,598 34.39 -14.12
Parti Québécois Jerry Beaudoin 3,450 15.61 +2.18
Québec solidaire Jean-Nicolas Denis 518 2.34 0.59
Total valid votes 22,096 98.71 –
Total rejected ballots 289 1.29 –
Turnout 22,385 64.35 -12.42
Electors on the lists 34,785 – –
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique Jean Domingue 12,715 48.51 +15.40
Liberal Dominique Vien 9,004 34.35 -3.23
Parti Québécois Sylvie Vallières 3,521 13.43 -14.14
Green Ghislain Gaulin 512 1.95 +0.73
Québec solidaire Colin Perreault 460 1.75 +1.23*
Total valid votes 26,212 99.28 –
Total rejected ballots 191 0.72 –
Turnout 26,403 76.77 +0.67
Electors on the lists 34,391 – –
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 9,658 37.58 -0.84
Action démocratique Serge Carbonneau 8,507 33.11 +19.88
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 7,084 27.57 -20.01
Green Sylvain Castonguay 314 1.22 –
UFP Mario Ouellette 134 0.52 –
Total valid votes 25,697 99.12 –
Total rejected ballots 228 0.88 –
Turnout 25,925 76.00 -3.00
Electors on the lists 34,069 – –

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dominique Vien - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  2. ^ Canada, Elections. "Quebec". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  3. ^ Laplante, Coralie (2021-08-14). "La candidature de Dominique Vien avec le Parti conservateur confirmée". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ^ "'Canada needs you, Mr. Charest': An open letter to an undeclared Conservative leadership candidate". National Post. February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  5. ^ Aiello, Rachel (2025-11-05). "PM Carney welcomes floor-crosser, d'Entremont suggests there could be more". BNN Bloomberg. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
  6. ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  8. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  • Dominique Vien – Parliament of Canada biography
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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