Gourde during the 2011 federal election.
Gaston Gourde (born 17 March 1950 in Saint-Isidore, Quebec) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.
Gourde represented the Lévis, Quebec electoral district after winning a 4 May 1981 by-election. He served the latter part of the 32nd Canadian Parliament until he was defeated in 1984 federal election by Gabriel Fontaine of the Progressive Conservative party. Gourde attempted a political comeback in the 2011 federal election unsuccessfully running for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.
Electoral record
| By-election on 4 May 1981
Resignation of Mr. Raynald Guay, 29 August 1980 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gaston Gourde | 15,591 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Janelle | 10,052 | |||
| New Democratic | Daniel Vachon | 5,235 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Aurélien Thériault | 1,900 | |||
| Union populaire | Jean-Paul Bourcier | 540 | |||
| Social Credit | Martin Caya | 367 | |||
| Independent | John Turmel | 172 | |||
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Lévis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gabriel Fontaine | 32,338 | ||||||
| Liberal | Gaston Gourde | 17,283 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Paul Harney | 12,076 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Antoine Dubé | 1,649 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Raymond Emiliano Marquis | 1,630 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Jean-Paul Rhéaume | 216 | ||||||
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