Christiane Gagnon

Christiane Gagnon
Gagnon in 2011
Member of Parliament
for Québec
In office
October 25, 1993 – May 2, 2011
Preceded byGilles Loiselle
Succeeded byAnnick Papillon
Personal details
Born (1948-04-16) April 16, 1948 (age 76)
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Political partyBloc Québécois
SpouseMichel Lemieux
Residence(s)Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
ProfessionReal estate agent

Christiane Gagnon (born April 16, 1948) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district of Québec from 1993 to 2011. She is a member of the Bloc Québécois (BQ).

Early life

Gagnon was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. She worked as a real estate agent.

Tenure in Parliament

She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1993 federal election as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the district of Québec. She was re-elected in the federal general elections of 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008. She was defeated in the 2011 election by NDP candidate Annick Papillon.

She served as the Bloc's caucus chair from 1996 to 1998. She has also been the Bloc's critic of the Status of Women, the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec, Housing, Poverty, Canadian Heritage, the National Capital Commission, and the National Capital Region. She did not participate in the 2015 election. She was a candidate in the 2019 election, which she narrowly lost to the Liberal Party incumbent Jean-Yves Duclos.[1]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Québec
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jean-Yves Duclos 18,047 33.3 +4.4 $80,667.63
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 17,722 32.7 +13.85 none listed
Conservative Bianca Boutin 8,118 15.0 -6.79 $38,447.35
New Democratic Tommy Bureau 6,220 11.5 -15.54 $6,381.41
Green Luc Joli-Coeur 2,949 5.4 +2.49 $9,773.82
People's Bruno Dabiré 674 1.2 – none listed
Rhinoceros Sébastien CoRhino 347 0.6 – none listed
Pour l'Indépendance du Québec Luc Paquin 119 0.2 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 54,198 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 1,051
Turnout 55,249 70.0
Eligible voters 78,950
Liberal hold Swing -1.3
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Annick Papillon 22,393 42.6 +30.8
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 14,684 28.0 -13.8
Conservative Pierre Morasse 9,330 17.8 -7.9
Liberal François Payeur 4,735 9.0 -8.5
Green Yvan Dutil 1,144 2.2 -1.1
Christian Heritage Stefan Jetchick 228 0.4 -
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,514 100.0
Total rejected ballots 801 1.5 –
Turnout 53,315 66.3 –
Eligible voters 80,402 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 21,064 41.8 +0.2 $59,021
Conservative Myriam Taschereau 12,943 25.7 -4.1 $70,315
Liberal Damien Rousseau 8,845 17.5 +6.1 $13,132
New Democratic Catheryn Roy-Goyette 5,933 11.8 +2.5 $6,186
Green Yonnel Bonaventure 1,650 3.3 -1.6
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,435 100.00 $85,897
Total rejected ballots 632 1.2
Turnout 51,067 62.7
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 20,845 41.5 -9.1 $52,012
Conservative Frédérik Boisvert 14,943 29.8 +18.7 $67,922
Liberal Caroline Drolet 5,743 11.4 -15.5 $23,986
New Democratic Michaël Lessard 4,629 9.2 +3.7 $5,287
Green Yonnel Bonaventure 2,372 4.7 +0.5
Independent Dan Aubut 813 1.6 – $100
Progressive Canadian Alexandre Raymond-Labrie 520 1.0 $77
Libertarian Francis Bedard 325 0.6 – $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,190 100.0 $80,394


2004 Canadian federal election: Québec
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 24,373 50.63 $51,839
Liberal Jean-Philippe Côté 12,982 26.97 $72,065
Conservative Pierre Gaudreault 5,330 11.07 $13,725
New Democratic Jean-Marie Fiset 2,670 5.55 $518
Green Antonine Yaccarini 2,046 4.25 $2,723
Marijuana Pierre-Etienne Paradis 512 1.06 not listed
Marxist–Leninist Jean Bédard 223 0.46 not listed
Total valid votes 48,136 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,040
Turnout 49,176 60.77
Electors on the lists 80,916
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 22,793 43.4 -1.1
Liberal Claudette Tessier Couture 18,619 35.5 +3.1
Alliance Michel Rivard 3,980 7.6
Progressive Conservative Marc Jalbert 3,171 6.0 -12.5
New Democratic Jean-Marie Fiset 1,714 6.0 -12.5
Marijuana Pierre-E. Paradis 1,480 2.8
Natural Law Gilles Rochette 482 0.9
Marxist–Leninist Claude Moreau 255 0.5
Total valid votes 52,494 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 24,817 44.5 -9.2
Liberal Claudette Tessier-Couture 18,062 32.4 +5.4
Progressive Conservative Marc Jalbert 10,309 18.5 +4.8
New Democratic Jean-Marie Fiset 2,556 4.6 +2.5
Total valid votes 55,744 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 27,788 53.7
Liberal Jean Pelletier 13,965 27.0 -1.2
Progressive Conservative Gilles Loiselle 7,077 13.7 -33.0
New Democratic Majella Desmeules 1,067 2.1 -18.0
Natural Law Danielle Charland 883 1.7
Green Richard Domm 786 1.5 -2.1
Abolitionist Ernst Fernandez 158 0.3
Total valid votes 51,724 100.0

References

  1. ^ "La ville de Québec, baromètre de la campagne électorale fédérale", Le Devoir (in French), September 4, 2021
  2. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.