Jacques Gourde

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Canadian politician

Gender:

Male

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Canada

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Politician Farmer

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Birth:

13 January 1964(Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Canada)

Star sign:

Capricorn

Politics:

Conservative Party Of Canada

Religions:

Catholicism

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Jacques Gourde MP (born January 13, 1964 in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec) is a farmer and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. 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 have five children.

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jacques Gourde	28,297	44.57	-5.53
	Bloc Québécois	François-Noël Brault	15,921	25.08	+13.64
	Liberal	Ghislain Daigle	10,761	16.95	-4.72
	New Democratic	Christel Marchand	4,355	6.86	-7.91
	People's	Marc Fontaine	2,247	3.54	–
	Green	Patrick Kerr	1,908	3.01	1.21
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

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

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
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:

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
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
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

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