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On January 23, 2012, he was named a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec party executive.[{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/leader+shows+ideal+candidate+party+executive/6038346/story.html |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |title=CAQ leader François Legault shows off party executive, 'ideal candidate' |author=Kevin Dougherty |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=January 23, 2012 |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128045833/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/leader+shows+ideal+candidate+party+executive/6038346/story.html |url-status=dead }}] |
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On January 23, 2012, he was named a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec party executive.[{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/leader+shows+ideal+candidate+party+executive/6038346/story.html |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |title=CAQ leader François Legault shows off party executive, 'ideal candidate' |author=Kevin Dougherty |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=January 23, 2012 |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128045833/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/leader+shows+ideal+candidate+party+executive/6038346/story.html |url-status=dead }}] |
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Due to [[Redistribution (election)|riding redistribution]], the riding of Shefford was split, and Bonnardel was elected in the new riding of [[Granby (electoral district)|Granby]] in the [[2012 Quebec general election|2012 election]]. In the [[2014 Quebec general election|2014 election]], Bonnardel won his riding with a larger majority than any other CAQ candidate (10,881 votes over the second-place candidate, Joanne Lalumière of the [[Parti québécois]]). In April 2014, he was appointed CAQ [[House Leader]].[{{cite news|last=Lessard|first=Denis|title=Les "officiers" de l'opposition: entre continuité et changement|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201404/18/01-4758927-les-officiers-de-lopposition-entre-continuite-et-changement.php|access-date=21 April 2014|newspaper=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044151/http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201404/18/01-4758927-les-officiers-de-lopposition-entre-continuite-et-changement.php|archive-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|title=Granby|url=http://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=133|publisher=[[Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec|Directeur général des élections du Québec]]|access-date=21 April 2014|archive-date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232423/http://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=133|url-status=dead}}] |
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Due to [[Redistribution (election)|riding redistribution]], the riding of Shefford was split, and Bonnardel was elected in the new riding of [[Granby (electoral district)|Granby]] in the [[2012 Quebec general election|2012 election]]. In the [[2014 Quebec general election|2014 election]], Bonnardel won his riding with a larger majority than any other CAQ candidate (10,881 votes over the second-place candidate, Joanne Lalumière of the [[Parti québécois]]). In April 2014, he was appointed CAQ [[House Leader]].[{{cite news|last=Lessard|first=Denis|title=Les "officiers" de l'opposition: entre continuité et changement|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201404/18/01-4758927-les-officiers-de-lopposition-entre-continuite-et-changement.php|access-date=21 April 2014|newspaper=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044151/http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201404/18/01-4758927-les-officiers-de-lopposition-entre-continuite-et-changement.php|archive-date=19 April 2014|url-status=dead}}] |
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After the CAQ formed government in 2018, Bonnardel became Transport Minister. In 2022, he became Public Security Minister, where he was sacked after the [[SAAQ]]clic scandal. In the [[Fréchette ministry]], he became Government House Leader and Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration.[{{cite web|title=Granby|url=http://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=133|publisher=[[Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec|Directeur général des élections du Québec]]|access-date=21 April 2014|archive-date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232423/http://resultats.dgeq.org/resultatsOfficiels.en.html?circ=133|url-status=dead}}] |