Candidate profile
Bernard Drainville
Coalition avenir Québec — Lévis
- Riding
- Lévis
- Status
- accepted_elections_quebec
- Incumbent
- No
- Profession
- Journalist, host and political columnist by training
- Education
- Master's degree in international relations — London School of Economics and Political Science; honours bachelor's degree in political science, communication concentration — University of Ottawa.
- Political experience
- MNA for Lévis; Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy in 2026; former MNA for Marie-Victorin.
- Community involvement
- Recipient of the Amnesty International award in journalism and the Judith-Jasmin Award.
A former Radio-Canada journalist and political host/columnist, Bernard Drainville also has a long parliamentary career. He is MNA for Lévis and Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy in 2026.