Jacques Gourde

Jacques Gourde
MP
Member of Parliament
for Lévis—Lotbinière
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière (2006–2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 23, 2006
Preceded byOdina Desrochers
Personal details
Born (1964-01-13) January 13, 1964 (age 60)
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec
Political partyConservative
SpouseChantal Gourde
Residence(s)Lévis, Quebec
ProfessionFarmer

Jacques Gourde MP (born January 13, 1964, in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec) is a farmer and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lévis—Lotbinière. He was first elected in the 2006 federal election and, on February 7, 2006, was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec.

Gourde has a diploma in farming management and was a producer and exporter of hay in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. He is married to Chantal Beaudoin and has five children.

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jacques Gourde 32,731 51.6 +7.0 $70,182.58
Bloc Québécois Samuel Lamarche 13,740 21.7 -3.4 $6,762.35
Liberal Ghislain Daigle 9,286 14.6 -2.4 $5,447.42
New Democratic Guylaine Dumont 4,497 7.1 +0.2 $3,939.53
People's Benoit Simard 1,661 2.6 -0.9 $0.00
Green Charles-Eugène Bergeron 856 1.4 -1.6 $0.00
Free Mariève Lemay 541 0.9 N/A $488.27
Patriote Carl Brochu 95 0.1 N/A none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,407 98.4 – $120,042.23
Total rejected ballots 1,006 1.6
Turnout 64,413 70.3
Registered voters 91,618
Conservative hold Swing +5.2
Source: Elections Canada[1]
2019 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jacques Gourde 28,297 44.57 -5.53 $40,916.04
Bloc Québécois François-Noël Brault 15,921 25.08 +13.64 $5,169.30
Liberal Ghislain Daigle 10,761 16.95 -4.72 $8,547.89
New Democratic Christel Marchand 4,355 6.86 -7.91 $0.10
People's Marc Fontaine 2,247 3.54 – none listed
Green Patrick Kerr 1,908 3.01 +1.21 $336.51
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,489 100.0
Total rejected ballots 1,241 1.39
Turnout 64,730 72.00
Eligible voters 89,405
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]
2015 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jacques Gourde 31,357 50.1 +10.22 –
Liberal Claude Boucher 13,562 21.7 +16.61 –
New Democratic Hélène Bilodeau 9,246 14.8 -23.69 –
Bloc Québécois Steve Gagné 7,163 11.4 -3.48 –
Green Tina Biello 1,124 1.8 +0.14 –
Alliance of the North François Belanger 136 0.2 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 62,588; 100.0     $226,181.44
Total rejected ballots 975 – –
Turnout 63,563 72.9 –
Eligible voters 87,103
Conservative hold Swing +16.96
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jacques Gourde 22,460 39.88 -7.39 $78,886.19
New Democratic Tanya Fredette 21,683 38.50 +25.32 $1,427.87
Bloc Québécois Gaston Gourde 8,381 14.88 -9.70 $28,148.35
Liberal Nicole Larouche 2,866 5.09 -7.45 $4,858.38
Green Richard Domm 936 1.66 -0.78 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,326 100.0     $89,473.12
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 926 1.62 -0.10
Turnout 57,252 69.21 +3.06
Eligible voters 82,725
Conservative hold Swing -16.36
Sources:[6][7]
2008 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jacques Gourde 24,495 47.27 -7.07 $72,248.18
Bloc Québécois Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin 12,738 24.58 -5.06 $19,089.72
New Democratic Raymond Côté 6,828 13.18 +6.39 $2,654.50
Liberal Marie-Thérèse Hovington 6,498 12.54 +7.11 $3,272.46
Green Shirley Picknell 1,265 2.44 -1.37 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,824 100.0     $85,174
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 908 1.72 +0.74
Turnout 52,732 66.15 -2.21
Eligible voters 79,721
Conservative hold Swing -1.00
2006 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jacques Gourde 28,236 54.34 +30.20 $45,970.43
Bloc Québécois Odina Desrochers 15,402 29.64 -16.35 $61,218.95
New Democratic Raymond Côté 3,529 6.79 +2.50 $2,346.22
Liberal Éric Paradis 2,820 5.43 -16.02 $17,938.01
Green Shirley Picknell 1,978 3.81 +0.14 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,965 100.0     $78,226
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 513 0.98 -1.41
Turnout 52,478 68.36
Eligible voters 76,764
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +23.28

References

  1. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Lévis—Lotbinière". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lévis—Lotbinière, 30 September 2015
  5. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election


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