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Christiane Gagnon 
Member of Parliament
for QuébecIn office
1993–2011Preceded by Gilles Loiselle Succeeded by Annick Papillon Personal details Born April 16, 1948
Chicoutimi, QuebecPolitical party Bloc Québécois Spouse(s) Michel Lemieux Residence Quebec City Profession real estate agent Christiane Gagnon (born April 16, 1948) is a Canadian politician.
Gagnon was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. A real estate agent, she was first elected in the 1993 federal election. She was the Bloc Québécois candidate in the riding of Québec (located in Quebec City). She was re-elected in the Canadian federal election, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, and in 2008. She was defeated in the 2011 by NPD 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.
Electoral record
Canadian federal election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat 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 Canadian federal election, 2008 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 Democrat 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 Canadian federal election, 2006 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 Democrat 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 Canadian federal election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 24,373 50.6 +7.2 $52,105 Liberal Jean-Philippe Côté 12,982 27.0 -8.5 $73,723 Conservative Pierre Gaudreault 5,330 11.1 -2.5 $13,725 New Democrat Jean-Marie Fiset 2,670 5.5 +2.3 $518 Green Antonine Yaccarini 2,046 4.3 $2,723 Marijuana Pierre-E. Paradis 512 1.1 -1.8 Marxist–Leninist Jean Bédard 223 0.5 0.0 Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,136 100.0 $80,031 Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Bloc Québécois Christiane Gagnon 22,793 43.4 -1.1 Liberal Claudette Tessier Couture 18,619 35.5 +3.1 Canadian Alliance Michel Rivard 3,980 7.6 Progressive Conservative Marc Jalbert 3,171 6.0 -12.5 New Democrat 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 Canadian federal election, 1997 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 Democrat Jean-Marie Fiset 2,556 4.6 +2.5 Total valid votes 55,744 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1993 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 Democrat 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 External links
Categories:- 1948 births
- Bloc Québécois MPs
- Canadian women Members of Parliament
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec
- People from Saguenay, Quebec
- Women in Quebec politics
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