André Blais (born 24 January 1947) is a Canadian political scientist, a

professor emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". ...

in the department of

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at the

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. His research specialization is electoral studies.

Early life and education

Blais was born in

Drummondville Drummondville () is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste. Drummondville ...

, Quebec. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from

Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

and master's and doctoral degrees from

York University York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...

. His doctoral dissertation was "Politique agricole et résultats électoraux en milieu agricole au Québec".

Career

At the University of Montreal, where he is now professor emeritus, Blais has headed the research group in electoral studies since 2001, initially as a Tier I

Canada Research Chair Canada Research Chair (CRC) is a title given to certain Canadian university research professors by the Canada Research Chairs Program. Program goals The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 as a part of the Government of Canada ...

and since 2015 as holder of a University Research Chair. From 1988 to 1993 he was an investigator in the Canadian Election Study; from 1997 to 2006 he was principal investigator. He is a former president of the

Canadian Political Science Association The Canadian Political Science Association () is an organization of political scientists in Canada. It is a bilingual organization and publishes the bilingual journal ''Canadian Journal of Political Science''. The organization is headquartered in ...

, and a former chair of the

Comparative Study of Electoral Systems The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative research project among national election studies around the world. Participating countries and polities include a common module of survey questions in their national post-elect ...

Honors

Blais became a fellow of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ...

in 1999. In 1996, he was awarded the Prix Marcel-Vincent by Acfas. He won the 2019

Killam Prize The Killam Prize (previously the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize) was established according to the will of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam. Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, were awa ...

for Social Sciences. In 2021, he received the

Prix Léon-Gérin The Prix Léon-Gérin is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers in one of the social sciences". It is named in honour of Léon Gérin. Winners See also * List of social sciences ...

, one of the

Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec () are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, the government annually awards seven awards in the cultural field and six in the scientific field. Cultu ...

Selected works

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References

External links

Personal website
* 1947 births Living people Université Laval alumni Canadian political scientists Academic staff of the Université de Montréal Canada Research Chairs Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada People from Drummondville York University alumni Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association {{Canada-academic-bio-stub