Henri-François Gautrin

Henri-François Gautrin
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Verdun
In office
September 25, 1989 – April 23, 2014
Preceded by Paul Gobeil
Succeeded by Jacques Daoust
Personal details
Born (1943-07-30) July 30, 1943
Béthune, France
Political party Quebec Liberal Party
Profession Professor, Physicist
Cabinet Deputy House Leader of the Government

Henri-François Gautrin (born July 30, 1943 in Béthune, France) is a Quebec politician, professor and physicist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verdun in the Montreal region. He represented the Quebec Liberal Party and was the former Minister of Governmental Services from February 2006 to February 2007.

Gautrin went to Collège Stanislas before going to the Université de Montréal where he obtained a bachelor's degree in sciences. He later obtained a master's degree in sciences at McGill University before heading to the Université de Dijon in France in 1971 where he received a State doctor's degree. He also studied economics and public finance in Paris.

He was a professor in the mathematics department at the Université de Montréal since 1969. In addition to his teaching duties at that university, he was also an administration staff member and a member of the executive committee.

He was also active in politics as the leader of the New Democratic Party of Quebec from 1973 to 1979 and was the president of the NO committee in the Taillon riding in the 1980 referendum. He was then a candidate for the Liberals in the 1981 elections in the riding of Dorion, where he was defeated.

Gautrin was elected in Verdun in the 1989 elections where he was named the Caucus chair of the MNAs in Western Montreal and was briefly the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education before the Liberals were defeated by the Parti Québécois. He was re-elected for two other terms as an MNA for the opposition party in 1994 and 1998.

When the Liberals returned to power in 2003, Gautrin was named the Parliamentary secretary to Premier Jean Charest from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he was named the Online Government Minister and in 2006 the Minister of Governmental Services. After being re-elected in 2007, he was named the Assistant House Leader of the Government and parliamentary assistant to the Premier. He was re-elected in the 2008 Quebec general election.

Electoral record (partial)

Quebec general election, 2008: Verdun
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHenri-François Gautrin (incumbent)11,22347.70+6.76
Parti QuébécoisRichard Langlais8,31435.34+6.19
Action démocratiqueMoscou Côté1,4116.00-11.58
Québec solidaireChantal Michaud1,2155.16+0.36
GreenSébastien Beausoleil1,0874.62-1.65
     Independent Sylvie R. Tremblay 216 0.92
     Independent Robert Lindblad 61 0.26 -0.01
Total valid votes 23,527 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 310
Turnout 23,837 50.62 -13.83
Electors on the lists 47,089
Source: Official Results (2008 election), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec general election, 2007: Verdun
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHenri-François Gautrin (incumbent)12,20440.94−11.58
Parti QuébécoisRichard Langlais8,68829.15-1.23
Action démocratiqueSylvie Tremblay5,23917.58+6.27
GreenPierre-Yves McSween1,8686.27+3.99
Québec solidaireDavid Fennario1,4304.80+3.53
Christian DemocracyGilles Noël1180.40+0.04
Bloc PotSala Samghour1060.36−0.87
     Independent Robert Lindblad 80 0.27 +0.08
Marxist–LeninistNormand Fournier740.25Even
Total valid votes 29,807 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 302
Turnout 30,109 64.45 +1.44
Electors on the lists 46,714
Source: Official Results (2007 election), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec general election, 2003: Verdun
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalHenri-François Gautrin15,18552.52
Parti QuébécoisDenis Martel8,78230.38
Action démocratiqueSébastien Guérin3,26911.31
GreenClaude Genest6582.28
UFPPascal Durand3681.27
Bloc PotVincent Aubry3571.23
Christian DemocracyGilles Noël1040.36
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard710.25
EqualityBernard King630.22
IndependentRobert Lindbald540.19
Total valid votes 28,911 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 391
Turnout 29,302 63.01
Electors on the lists 46,502
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec general election, 1989: Verdun
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHenri-François Gautrin8,29538.58−25.69
Parti QuébécoisMaurice Roch6,92832.22+2.35
EqualityRoger Mercure4,85722.59–
GreenAndrew Ferguson6643.09–
New DemocraticJean-François Moisan3871.80−1.05
WorkersRaymond Lemay2661.24–
Marxist–LeninistClaude Brunelle1060.49–
Total valid votes 21,50396.97–
Rejected and declined votes 6733.03–
Turnout 22,17675.27+1.46
Electors on the lists 29,461––
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec general election, 1981: Dorion
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisHuguette Lachapelle14,55151.54
LiberalHenri-François Gautrin12,65744.83
Union NationaleFrançois Lefebvre5241.86–
     Workers Communist Suzanne Barbeau Foisy 161 0.57
     Workers Gilles Frenière 114 0.40
Marxist–LeninistGinette Boutet880.31
     Non-affiliated Raymond Beaudoin 74 0.26
United Social CreditFernand Bélisle660.23
Total valid votes 28,235 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 666
Turnout 28,901 82.58
Electors on the lists 34,997
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Political offices
Preceded by
Pierre Reid		 Minister of Government Services
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Monique Jerome-Forget
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