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Gérard Asselin | |
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| Member of Parliament for Manicouagan | |
| In office 28 July 2004 – 2 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ghislain Fournier |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Genest-Jourdain |
| Member of Parliament for Charlevoix | |
| In office 25 October 1993 – 28 July 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Mulroney |
| Succeeded by | riding abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1950 Sainte-Flavie, Quebec |
| Died | February 9, 2013 (aged 62) |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Spouse | Diane Gaudreault |
| Residence | Baie-Comeau |
| Profession | Foreman |
Gérard Asselin (born April 19, 1950 in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec - February 9, 2013) was a Canadian politician [1] who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004.
Career
Asselin was a foreman,[ citation needed] and was previously a city councillor in Baie-Comeau, Quebec from 1979 to 1993. [2]
In his first run for federal office, in 1993, Asselin won the riding of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in a landslide, finishing 16,500 votes ahead of his closest opponent. The Tory candidate finished a distant third, and nearly lost his deposit. [3] Asselin was re-elected almost as easily in every election until losing to NDP challenger Jonathan Genest-Jourdain in 2011.[ citation needed]
Asselin was one of the party's few more socially conservative members.[ citation needed] In 2005, Asselin joined six other Bloc Québécois members opposing Bill C-38, which extended marriage rights to same-sex couples in Canada. [4] At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic. He also served as Natural Resources Critic.[ citation needed]
Electoral record (partial)
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Manicouagan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gérard Asselin | 18,601 | 51.10 | −7.41 | $57,481 | |||
| Conservative | Pierre Paradis | 6,910 | 18.98 | +14.06 | $10,185 | |||
| Liberal | Randy Jones | 5,214 | 14.32 | −10.56 | $21,522 | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre Ducasse | 4,657 | 12.79 | +2.46 | $19,632 | |||
| Green | Jacques Gélineau | 824 | 2.26 | +0.90 | $373 | |||
| Independent | Eric Vivier | 195 | 0.54 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,401 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 388 | |||||||
| Turnout | 36,789 | 57.00 | +6.14 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 64,537 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Manicouagan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gérard Asselin | 19,040 | 58.51 | +0.31 | $55,674 | |||
| Liberal | Anthony Detroio | 8,097 | 24.88 | −5.00 | $50,362 | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre Ducasse | 3,361 | 10.33 | +8.68 | $22,691 | |||
| Conservative | Pierre Paradis | 1,601 | 4.92 | −5.35 | $4,449 | |||
| Green | Les Parsons | 444 | 1.36 | $901 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,543 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 589 | |||||||
| Turnout | 33,132 | 50.86 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 65,142 | |||||||
| Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. | ||||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Charlevoix | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gérard Asselin | 20,479 | 61.44 | $74,392 | ||||
| Liberal | Marjolaine Gagnon | 9,308 | 27.93 | – | $36,028 | |||
| Alliance | Pierre Paradis | 1,905 | 5.72 | $10,782 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doris Grondin | 1,154 | 3.46 | $91 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joss Duhaime | 484 | 1.45 | $180 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,330 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 923 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,253 | 58.32 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 58,737 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Gérard Asselin, ancien député fédéral, est mort | Est du Québec". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ^ "Gérard Asselin, ancien député fédéral, est mort" [Gérard Asselin, former MP, has died]. Radio-Canada (in French). February 9, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "1993 Canadian Federal Election Results (Detail)". Esm.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ Larocque, Sylvain (May 5, 2005). "Le projet de loi sur le mariage gai est adopté en deuxième lecture" [Same-sex marriage bill passes second reading]. Le Devoir (in French). p. A8. Retrieved December 9, 2023 – via BAnQ numérique.
External links
- How'd They Vote?: Gérard Asselin's voting history and quotes
- Gérard Asselin – Parliament of Canada biography
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