Pascal Baurain
Pascal Baurain | |
|---|---|
 Baurain in 2024 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Wallonia for the Arrondissement of Mons | |
| In office 9 June 2024 – 3 September 2025 | |
| In office May 2016 – November 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1969 Mons, Belgium |
| Died | 3 September 2025 (aged 55) |
| Political party | CDH LE |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Pascal Baurain (French: [paskal boʁɛ̃]; 12 September 1969 – 3 September 2025) was a Belgian politician of the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) and Les Engagés (LE).[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Mons on 12 September 1969, Baurain was admitted to the Mons Bar Association in 1998. He specialized in juvenile rights and commercial law and notably represented Logis Saint-Ghislainois, a social housing company.[2][3][4] He became attracted to politics in 2006 in the commune Saint-Ghislaine, which at the time was dominated by the Socialist Party. He was a Public Centre for Social Welfare advisor from 2007 to 2011.[5] In 2012, he became Saint-Ghislaine's opposition leader in the municipal council.[6] In 2018, he maintained his position as opposition leader, even receiving a higher preferential vote total than the mayor.[7] In 2024, his seat share dropped to eight out of 27.[8]
In 2014, Baurain was the third substitute on the CDH list in the Parliament of Wallonia's Arrondissement of Mons. In May 2016, incumbent Savine Moucheron resigned her seat to serve as mayor of Mons; first and second substitutes Cindy Bériot and Carlo Di Antonio refused the seat, allowing Baurain to take office. He held the seat until November 2018, when Moucheron returned to her position.[5] In 2024, he regained his seat.[9]
Baurain died of bile duct cancer on 3 September 2025, at the age of 55.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Le député wallon Pascal Baurain, de Saint-Ghislain, est décédé". La Province (in French). 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ Berlier, Emeline (11 January 2025). "Le Logis Saint-Ghislainois condamné". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Le Logis Saint-Ghislainois porte plainte contre Pascal Baurain". La DH Les Sports+ (in French). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Logis Saint-Ghislain: plainte à l'encontre de Pascal Baurain!". Sudinfo (in French). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Baurain Pascal". Connaître la Wallonie (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Commune de SAINT-GHISLAIN". Élections 2012 (in French).
- ^ "Saint-Ghislain: les résultats des élections communales 2018". Le Soir (in French). 14 October 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Saint-Ghislain - 7330". RTBF (in French).
- ^ "Parlement wallon Circonscription de Mons". RTBF (in French).
- ^ "Saint-Ghislain : le député-wallon Pascal Baurain (Les Engagés) est décédé à l'âge de 55 ans". RTBF (in French). 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.