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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1955–2016)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Mauril Bélanger
| honorific-suffix ={{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image= maurilbelanger2.PNG
| office1 = [[Minister for Internal Trade (Canada)|Minister for Internal Trade]]
| term_start1 = May 17, 2005
| term_end1 = February 6, 2006
| primeminister1   = [[Paul Martin]]
| predecessor1 = 
| successor1= 
| office2 = [[Associate Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Associate Minister of National Defence]]
| term_start2 = July 20, 2004
| term_end2 = February 6, 2006
| primeminister2 = [[Paul Martin]]
| predecessor2 = [[Albina Guarnieri]]
| successor2 = [[Julian Fantino]] (2011)
| office3 = [[Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)|Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]]
| term_start3 = December 12, 2003
| term_end3 = February 6, 2006
| primeminister3 = [[Paul Martin]]
| predecessor3 = [[Paul DeVillers]]
| successor3 = [[Scott Reid (politician)|Scott Reid]]
| office4          = [[Party Whip (Canada)|Chief Government Whip]]
| primeminister4   = [[Paul Martin]]
| term_start4      = 2003
| term_end4        = 2004
| predecessor4     = [[Marlene Catterall]]
| successor4       = [[Karen Redman]]

| term_start5=February 13, 1995
| term_end5=August 15, 2016
| predecessor5= [[Jean-Robert Gauthier]]
| successor5= [[Mona Fortier]]
| parliament5=Canadian
| riding5=[[Ottawa—Vanier (federal electoral district)|Ottawa—Vanier]]
| birth_date= {{birth date|1955|06|15|mf=yes}}
| birth_place= [[Mattawa, Ontario|Mattawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date={{death date and age|2016|08|15|1955|06|15|mf=yes}}
| death_place= [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Administrator, political adviser
| party=[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| spouse=Catherine Bélanger<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hilltimes.com/2016/08/22/former-liberal-mp-leblanc-communications-consultant-fortier-expected-to-vie-for-belangers-riding/77907|title=Former Liberal MP LeBlanc, communications consultant Fortier expected to vie for Bélanger's riding|date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
}}

'''Mauril Joseph Adrien Jules Bélanger'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=mauril-blanger&pid=181145117|title = Mauril BÉLANGER Obituary (2016) - Ottawa Citizen|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (June 15, 1955 – August 15, 2016) was a Canadian politician.

A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], he represented [[Ottawa—Vanier (federal electoral district)|Ottawa—Vanier]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] through a [[by-election]] victory in 1995 until his death in 2016. Bélanger also served in cabinet during the premiership of [[Paul Martin]] as [[Minister responsible for Official Languages (Canada)|Minister responsible for Official Languages]], [[Associate Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Associate Minister of National Defence]], [[Minister of Democratic Institutions|Minister responsible for Democratic Reform]], and [[Minister for Internal Trade (Canada)|Minister for Internal Trade]].

He was considered a frontrunner for the position of [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] after his 8th electoral victory during the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]], but withdrew after being diagnosed with [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], which caused his death in 2016.

== Early life ==
Bélanger was born the second of five children in [[Mattawa, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite news|title=MP Mauril Bélanger dead at age 61 after ALS battle {{!}} Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/16/mp-mauril-belanger-dead-at-age-61-after-als-battle.html|access-date=August 19, 2016|work=Toronto Star|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> a small logging town in northeastern Ontario where the [[Mattawa River|Mattawa]] and [[Ottawa River|Ottawa]] Rivers meet. He graduated from the [[University of Ottawa]] in 1977, where he had served as President of the [[Student Federation of the University of Ottawa|Student Federation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mauril Bélanger, longtime Ottawa-Vanier MP, dies of ALS at 61|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mauril-belanger-obituary-als-1.3555135|access-date=August 19, 2016|agency=CBC News|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> In the early 1980s, he worked for [[Jean-Luc Pépin]], then [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Minister of Transport]]. In the mid to late 1980s, he worked as a registered investment advisor. He was then the Chief of Staff to [[Peter D. Clark (politician)|Peter Clark]] ([[Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton|Chair of the Regional Council of Ottawa-Carleton]]).<ref name=lib>{{cite web|title=Hon. Mauril Bélanger|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidates/mauril-belanger/|publisher=Liberal Party|access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>

== Politics ==
Bélanger was first elected to Parliament on February 13, 1995, in a [[by-election]] in the riding of [[Ottawa—Vanier (federal electoral district)|Ottawa—Vanier]], which has a large Francophone population.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = PARLINFO – Parliamentarian File – Complete File – BÉLANGER, The Hon. Mauril, P.C., B.A.|url = http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8b42e1fd-2c9c-4d2c-9d29-c9e2be599d6b&Language=E&Section=ALL|access-date = December 10, 2015}}</ref> His predecessor, [[Jean-Robert Gauthier]], was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]]. Ottawa–Vanier is considered a solid Liberal riding, having returned a Liberal MP since its creation in 1935, usually in a landslide. Bélanger himself won by large margins in the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997]], [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000]], [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004]], [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006]], and [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]] elections. He won re-election for a seventh term by a reduced margin with 38.2% of the vote in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|May 2011 election]].  In the [[2015 Canadian federal election|October 2015]] election, Bélanger had his largest margin since the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 election]].<ref name=parl>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=524 History of Federal Ridings since 1867: OTTAWA—VANIER, Ontario (1974 – )]</ref>

=== Chrétien and Martin years ===
As member of Parliament, Bélanger served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, member of the Standing Committee on the Library of Parliament and member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Urban Issues. From July 1998 to August 2000, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. In December 2003, he was appointed [[Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)|Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]] and [[Party Whip (Canada)|Chief Government Whip]].<ref name=":1" />

In the government of [[Paul Martin]], Bélanger served as [[Minister responsible for Official Languages (Canada)|Minister responsible for Official Languages]], [[Associate Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Associate Minister of National Defence]], [[Minister of Democratic Institutions|Minister responsible for Democratic Reform]], and [[Minister for Internal Trade (Canada)|Minister for Internal Trade]].<ref name=":1" />

=== Opposition ===
Bélanger was re-elected in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]], and served as the [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]] critic for [[Minister of Canadian Heritage|Canadian Heritage]] from February 2006 to January 2007, when he began a nine-month stint as critic for [[Minister of Infrastructure and Communities|Infrastructure and Communities]] under new Liberal leader [[Stéphane Dion]].<ref name=":1" /> From October 2007 to March 2008, Bélanger served as the Official Opposition critic for [[Minister responsible for Official Languages (Canada)|Official Languages]], Canadian Heritage, and [[Minister responsible for the Francophonie (Canada)|the Francophonie]].<ref name=":1" /> After Bélanger won his seat once more in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]], he was appointed as Official Opposition critic for Official Languages in March 2010 by Liberal leader [[Michael Ignatieff]].<ref name=":1" /> After Bélanger's re-election in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]], he continued as his party's critic on this file under interim leader [[Bob Rae]] until May 2012.<ref name=":1" /> After [[Justin Trudeau]]'s election as Liberal leader, Bélanger was appointed the party's critic for [[Cooperatives Secretariat|Cooperatives]] in August 2013.<ref name=":1" />

=== Return to government ===
Following his re-election in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]], Bélanger submitted his name for the position of [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] and was considered a front-runner for the post.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Veteran MP Bélanger, diagnosed with ALS, to sit for a day as honorary Speaker|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mauril-belanger-honourary-speaker-commons-1.3357401?__vfz=tc%253D1yBTnxn8clH|website = www.cbc.ca|access-date = December 10, 2015}}</ref> However, on November 30, Bélanger announced that he was withdrawing as a candidate for speaker after he received a diagnosis of [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] (ALS).<ref name=":0" /> Despite his diagnosis, Bélanger continued as MP for Ottawa—Vanier.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/the-gargoyle-mauril-belanger-has-lou-gehrigs-disease |title=Mauril Bélanger will continue as Ottawa–Vanier MP after ALS diagnosis |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

In December 2015, fellow Ottawa-area Liberal MP [[Andrew Leslie (general)|Andrew Leslie]] presented a motion in the house to name Bélanger honorary Speaker of the House of Commons and the right to sit in the chair for a future day.<ref name=":0" /> In January 2016, Bélanger became the first MP to use a voice generator in the House of Commons when he used an app on his tablet to introduce a [[private member's bill]] to amend to lyrics of "[[O Canada]]" to make them [[gender-neutral]], which he had failed to do through a similar bill in the last parliament by a 144–127 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|title = MP Mauril Bélanger uses voice generator to introduce bill|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mauril-belanger-speech-generating-device-house-1.3422651|website = www.cbc.ca|access-date = January 28, 2016}}</ref> On March 9, 2016, Bélanger sat in the Speaker's chair for one day, and presided over the proceedings with the aid of an iPad app that produced a computerized voice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/belanger-speaker-house-of-commons-1.3483371|title=Commons Sketch: Mauril Bélanger takes Speaker's chair in "rare moment of grace" for Parliament|last=Wherry|first=Aaron|date=March 9, 2016|website=www.cbc.ca|publisher=[[CBC News]]|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> This honour made Bélanger the first honorary speaker of the house for a day.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/robyn-urback-how-do-you-make-parliament-even-more-excruciating-to-watch-accuse-the-other-guys-of-delaying-a-dying-mans-wish|title=Robyn Urback: How do you make Parliament even more excruciating to watch? Accuse the other guys of delaying a dying man's wish|last=Urback|first=Robyn|date=May 10, 2016|work=[[National Post]]|access-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref>

On May 6, 2016, consideration of Bélanger's bill to make the national anthem gender neutral was blocked when [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] MPs used up the hour of debate time and refused consent to two motions backed by both the Liberals and the NDP to extend debate and allow time to hold a vote to send the bill to committee.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/tories-block-bid-to-ensure-dying-mp-sees-gender-neutral-anthem-bill-passed/ |title=Tories Block Bid To See Mauril Belanger's Gender-Neutral Anthem Bill Passed |last=Bryden |first=Joan |work=[[CTV News]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=May 6, 2016}}</ref> As Bélanger's health was deteriorating, Liberal MP [[Greg Fergus]] described the Conservative's procedural delay tactics as an attempt to prevent Bélanger from seeing the bill passed, while Conservative MPs insisted that they were debating an important issue and had followed parliamentary procedure.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Fellow Liberal MP [[Linda Lapointe]] gave up her timeslot for private member's business on May 30 to allow Bélanger's bill to be heard and go to a vote for it to be sent to committee the following day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/storyline/kady-ailing-mps-o-canada-bill-gets-second-chance-after-colleague-gives-up-spot|title=Ailing MP's 'O Canada' bill gets second chance after colleague gives up spot|last=O'Malley|first=Kady|date=May 11, 2016|work=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> In June 2016, the bill passed its third reading with a vote of 225 to 74 in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]].<ref>{{Cite news| title=Dying MP's gender-neutral O Canada bill passes final Commons vote| publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation| date=June 15, 2016| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/belanger-o-canada-gender-lyrics-bill-1.3636348| access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> In July 2017, the bill was in its third, and final, reading in the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=8068817&Mode=1&Language=E|title=LEGISinfo – Private Member's Bill C-210 (42–1)|website=parl.gc.ca|access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> the bill was passed on January 31, 2018 and received [[royal assent]] on February 7, 2018 to change "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command", after Bélanger had already died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anthem-bill-passes-senate-1.4513317|title='In all of us command': Senate passes bill approving gender neutral anthem wording|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/o-canada-gender-neutral-melanie-joly-1.4524764|title=O Canada now officially gender neutral after bill receives royal assent|work=CBC News|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|date=February 7, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2018}}</ref>

===Positions===
Bélanger earned recognition for his promotion of francophone rights. In 2012, Bélanger asked the House of Commons to create a committee to examine the role of co-ops in the Canadian economy. This motion was unanimously passed by the House of Commons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://axiomnews.ca/node/3781|title=Mauril Bélanger a Champion in the Co-op Movement|work=Axiom News|access-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131030095707/http://axiomnews.ca/node/3781|archive-date=October 30, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He presided over the Canadian House of Commons for one day as an honorary Speaker on March 9, 2016, a job he aspired to before his diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/belanger-speaker-house-of-commons-1.3483371 Mauril Bélanger takes Speaker's chair in 'rare moment of grace' for Parliament]</ref> Later that year, Bélanger became the National Honorary Spokesperson for the [[ALS Society of Canada|ALS Societies]]' Across Canada WALK for ALS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.als.ca/node/1029|title=Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger Takes the Lead as the National Honorary Spokesperson for the ALS Societies' Across Canada WALK for ALS {{!}} ALS Canada|website=www.als.ca|access-date=April 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805081719/https://www.als.ca/node/1029|archive-date=August 5, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Honours==
He was given the title of Commandeur de [[Ordre de la Pléiade]], a francophone order which focuses on contributions made to international friendship and cooperation, in 2005. In 2007, [[László Sólyom]], President of Hungary, made him an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. In April 2009, the [[Royal Canadian Legion]] recognized Bélanger for his contribution to the promotion of goodwill.<ref name=lib/> In June 2016, Bélanger received the CHF Canada Award for Outstanding Contribution to Co-operative Housing for effecting positive, large scale change to the co-op housing sector.<ref>[http://www.chfcanada.coop/eng/pages2007/enews.asp?id=833&type=eNews UNIFIED SAINT JOHN CO-OP, TOM CLEMENT AND MAURIL BÉLANGER HONOURED] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828212205/http://www.chfcanada.coop/eng/pages2007/enews.asp?id=833&type=eNews |date=August 28, 2016 }}</ref> It was also published within the [[Canada Gazette]] of 30 July 2016 that he was awarded with the [[National Order of Honour and Merit|Grand Cross of the National Order of Honour and Merit, Silver Plaque]] of the Republic of Haiti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2016/2016-07-30/html/gh-rg-eng.html#he1|title=Canada Gazette – GOVERNMENT HOUSE|date=July 30, 2016}}</ref>

==Death==
Bélanger died at age 61 of [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] on August 15, 2016.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mp-mauril-belanger-passes-away-after-battle-with-als/article31440561/ "MP Mauril Belanger passes away after battle with ALS"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 16, 2016.</ref><ref name="CTV-death">{{cite news | url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberal-mp-mauril-b%C3%A9langer-dies-at-61-1.3031730 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160817143828/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberal-mp-mauril-b%C3%A9langer-dies-at-61-1.3031730 | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 17, 2016 | title=Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger dies at 61 | work=[[CTV News]] | date=August 16, 2016 | access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, Catherine.<ref name="CBC-obit">{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mauril-belanger-obituary-als-1.3555135 | title=Mauril Bélanger, longtime Ottawa-Vanier MP, dies of ALS at 61 | publisher=[[CBC News]] | date=August 16, 2016 | access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> He was succeeded in the [[2017 Ottawa—Vanier federal by-election|by-election]] by [[Mona Fortier]].

==Electoral record==
Source, unless otherwise stated:<ref name=parl/>

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|36,474|57.57|+19.47|$163,698.89}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Emilie Taman|12,194|19.25|-9.43|$123,293.39}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|David Piccini|12,109|19.11|-8.84|$74,698.91}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Nira Dookeran|1,947|3.07|-1.99|$8,775.54}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Coreen Corcoran|503|0.79|&ndash;|$747.12}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Christian Legeais|128|0.2|-0.03|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|63,355|100.0|&nbsp;|$219,479.72}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|418|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|63,773|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|83,570}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35078&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Ottawa—Vanier, 30 September 2015]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Ottawa—Vanier|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|20,009 |38.17 |-8.03| }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Trevor Haché|15,391|29.36|+12.30| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Rem Westland |14,184 |27.06|-0.22| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Caroline Rioux |2,716|5.18|-3.40| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Christian Legeais|122 |0.23 |-0.02| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|52,422|100.00| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|316|0.60 |+0.07}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|52,738|68.24|+4.20}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Ottawa—Vanier|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|23,948|46.20|+3.89 |$79,668}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Patrick Glémaud|14,138|27.28|-1.39 |$53,405}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Trevor Haché|8,845|17.06|-4.75|$30,040}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Akbar Manoussi|4,447|8.58|+1.98|$3,842}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Robert Larter|227|0.44|–|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Christian Legeais|130|0.25|+0.04| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Michel St-Onge|100|0.19|–|$149}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|51,835|100.00|$85,605 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|277|0.53 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|52,112|64.04}}
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}}
|align="left" colspan=2|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] '''hold'''
|align="right"|'''Swing'''
|align="right"|+2.64
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|Ottawa—Vanier|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|23,567|42.31|-6.86}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Paul Benoit|15,970|28.67|+4.48}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ric Dagenais|12,145|21.81|+3.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Raphaël Thierrin|3,675|6.60|-0.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|Progressive Canadian|James C. Parsons|221|0.40| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Alexandre Legeais|117|0.21|-0.28}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 55,695|100.00}}
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}}
|align="left" colspan=2|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] '''hold'''
|align="right"|'''Swing'''
|align="right"| -5.67
|align="right"|
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|Ottawa—Vanier|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|25,952|49.17| -6.40}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Kevin Friday|12,769|24.19|-6.95 }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ric Dagenais|9,787|18.54| +9.83}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Raphaël Thierrin|3,628|6.87| +4.62}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Carol Taylor|558|1.06| -0.45}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Françoise Roy|85|0.49| +0.34}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 52,779|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|Ottawa—Vanier|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|26,749|55.57| -6.30}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Nestor Gayowsky|7,590|15.77| +5.97}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Stephen Woollcombe|7,400|15.37|+1.77 }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Joseph Zebrowski|4,194|8.71| -3.28}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Adam Sommerfeld|1,083|2.25|+0.94 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Raymond Turmel|728|1.51| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Pierrette Blondin|187|0.39| -0.27}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Raymond Samuéls|131|0.27| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Kim Roberge|74|0.15| -0.13}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 48,136|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|Ottawa—Vanier|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mauril Bélanger|30,728|61.87| +1.14}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Luc Edmund Barrick|6,754|13.60|  +3.92}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|David Gagnon|5,952|11.99|+5.57}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Roy Grant|4,868|9.80| -10.76}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Richard Guy Briggs|651|1.31| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Roger Bouchard|330|0.66|+0.10 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|César Antonio Bello|241|0.49| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Robert Rival|138|0.28| -0.03}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 49,662|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{1995 Canadian federal by-elections/Ottawa—Vanier}}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3"| [[1976 Ottawa municipal election]]: [[By-St. George's Ward]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Marion tops poll parade|work=The Ottawa Journal|date=December 7, 1976|page=25}}</ref>
|-
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Georges Bedard]] (X) || 3,785 || 84.51
|-
|Mauril Bélanger || 694 || 15.49
|}

== Archives ==
There is a Mauril Bélanger [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mauril Bélanger fonds, Library and Archives Canada|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=5082213&lang=eng|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mauril.ca/ Official website]
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=13572|openparl=mauril-belanger}}

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{{ministry box cabinet posts
| post3         = [[Minister for Internal Trade (Canada)|Minister for Internal Trade]]
| post3years    = 2005–2006
| post3note     =
| post3preceded = ''vacant''
| post3followed = ''vacant''

| post2         = [[Associate Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Associate Minister of National Defence]]
| post2years    = 2004–2006
| post2note     =
| post2preceded = [[Albina Guarnieri]]
| post2followed = ''vacant'' – post next held by [[Julian Fantino]]

| post1         = [[Minister of State (Canada)|Minister of State]]
| post1years    = 2003–2004
| post1note     = styled as<br />Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
| post1preceded =
| post1followed =
}}
{{ministry box special cabinet
| post2preceded = [[Pierre Pettigrew]]
| post2         = [[Minister responsible for Official Languages (Canada)|Minister responsible for Official Languages]]
| post2years    = 2004–2006
| post2note     =
| post2followed = [[Josée Verner]]

| post1preceded = [[Jacques Saada]]
| post1         = [[Minister for Democratic Reform (Canada)|Minister responsible for Democratic Reform]]
| post1years    = 2004–2005
| post1note     =
| post1followed = ''Position retitled'' – see [[Belinda Stronach]]
}}
{{ministry box special parl
| post1preceded = [[Paul DeVillers]]
| post1         = [[Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)]]
| post1years    = 2003–2006
| post1note     =
| post1followed = [[Scott Reid (politician)|Scott Reid]]
}}
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