Gabrielle Bertrand

Gabrielle Bertrand
Member of Parliament
for Brome—Missisquoi
In office
September 4, 1984 – October 24, 1993
Preceded byRiding created
Succeeded byGaston Péloquin
Personal details
Born(1923-05-15)May 15, 1923
Sweetsburg, Quebec, Canada
DiedSeptember 10, 1999(1999-09-10) (aged 76)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse
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(m. 1944; died 1973)​

Gabrielle Bertrand (May 15, 1923 – September 10, 1999) was a Canadian politician.

Born Gabrielle Giroux in Sweetsburg, Quebec (now Cowansville), the daughter of Louis-Arthur Giroux and Juliette Bolduc, she married Jean-Jacques Bertrand in 1944, the future Union Nationale Premier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970. She was the mother of Jean-François Bertrand, a Quebec cabinet minister in the cabinet of René Lévesque.

In the 1984 election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Brome—Missisquoi. A Progressive Conservative, she was re-elected in the 1988 election. From 1984 to 1986, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare. From 1986 to 1987, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.

The Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Giroux-Bertrand in Cowansville is named in her honour.

Electoral record (partial)

1984 Canadian federal election: Brome—Mississquoi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gabrielle Bertrand 21,678 53.07
Liberal André Bachand 15,693 38.42
New Democratic Gordon J. Hamilton 2,271 5.56
Parti nationaliste Yvon Bélair 997 2.44
Libertarian David Chamberlain 116 0.28
Commonwealth of Canada Michel Boissonnault 96 0.24
Total valid votes 40,851 100.00
Total rejected ballots 400
Turnout 41,251 68.45
Electors on the lists 60,264
  • "Jean-Jacques Bertrand biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • Gabrielle Bertrand – Parliament of Canada biography