Gabriel Desjardins
Canadian politician
Gabriel Desjardins (born 14 February 1949 in Montreal, Quebec) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman, professor and trader by career.
He represented the Quebec riding of Témiscamingue where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
Desjardins left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1993 federal election by Pierre Brien of the Bloc Québécois.
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gabriel Desjardins | 20,347 | 50.24 | |||||
Liberal | Henri Tousignant | 13,756 | 33.96 | |||||
New Democratic | Guy Verville | 2,189 | 5.40 | |||||
Parti nationaliste | Roberte Parent | 2,126 | 5.25 | |||||
Rhinoceros | Marcel Yves Bégin | 1,457 | 3.60 | – | ||||
Social Credit | Rachel Lord | 626 | 1.55 | |||||
Total valid votes | 40,501 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 255 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,756 | 73.11 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 55,749 |
External links
- Gabriel Desjardins – Parliament of Canada biography
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