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♂ Gaston Gourde
aliasGaston Gourde
Record
23920 · 873

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Québec 0 1 1
Total 1 3 4
Birth 17 March 1950
Age 74 years + 1 month
First mandate 4 May 1981 → 42 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 7 months ago (3 September 1984)
Special notes
None
 
Gaston Gourde (1950– )
© Photo 2011 Bouchecl — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Saint-Isidore, Québec (1989–2001); Nouvelle-Beauce, Québec
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 4 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
8 documented challengers
⊕ Steven Blaney  m 
⊕ Gabriel Fontaine  m 
⊖ John Paul L. Harney  m 
⊕ Normand Poulin  m 
 		 ⊕ Antoine Dubé  m 
⊕ Jacques Gourde  m 
⊕ Richard Janelle  m 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 
Eligible: 74,633 Votes: 33,857 Participation: 45.36% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Québec
4 May 1981
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10870(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 1/7 15,591 46.05% +5,539 Loser:
PC
 10,052 29.69% Richard Janelle

Service: 3 years 3 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 83,324 Votes: 65,779 Participation: 78.94% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Québec
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3984(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
LIB
 2/6 17,283 26.51% -15,055 Winner:
PC
 32,338 49.60% Gabriel Fontaine
Eligible: 33,010 Votes: 26,400 Participation: 79.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 367(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
48
PQ
 2/4 10,126 38.70% -2,011 Winner:
QLP
 12,137 46.39% Normand Poulin
Eligible: 82,725 Votes: 57,252 Participation: 69.21% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6483(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
61
BQ
 3/5 8,381 14.88% -14,079 Winner:
CPC
 22,460 39.88% Jacques Gourde

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gaston Gourde, M.P.		 17 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gaston Gourde, députée		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gaston Gourde		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gaston Gourde		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 00:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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