Jean-Michel Brard
Jean-Michel Brard is a French politician. In the 2024 French legislative election, he was elected deputy for Loire-Atlantique's 9th constituency.
Biography
A teacher and then a business leader and trader, he was first elected municipal councilor of Pornic in 1995. In 2014, he succeeded Philippe Boënnec as mayor of Pornic following the 2014 French municipal elections. In the 2020 municipal elections, his list won in the first round and he was re-elected mayor.Following the dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron and following the withdrawal of the outgoing deputy of Loire-Atlantique's 9th constituency Yannick Haury, for the legislative elections of 2024, he agreed to be a candidate under the miscellaneous right label. He was a candidate backed by the Ensemble coalition.
He came first in the first round with 32.63% of the vote, 111 votes ahead of the candidate of the far-right National Rally party, Bastian Maldiney. The left-wing candidate, Hélène Macon, withdrew in his favor as part of the Republican Front. He was finally elected deputy in the second round, with nearly 63% of the vote, succeeding Yannick Haury.