Michel Guimond

Michel Guimond
Michel Guimond speaking at a press conference during the 2011 election campaign
Member of Parliament
for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord
In office
June 1, 1993 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by Charles Deblois
Succeeded by Jonathan Tremblay
Personal details
Born (1953-12-26)December 26, 1953
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Died January 19, 2015(2015-01-19) (aged 61)
Boischatel, Quebec, Canada
Political party Bloc Québécois,
Parti Québécois
Spouse(s) Mariette Langlois
Profession attorney

Michel Guimond (December 26, 1953 – January 19, 2015) was a Canadian politician. From 1987 to 1993 he served as a city councillor in Boischatel, Quebec. After this, he ran in the 1993 federal election for the Bloc Québécois. He was elected into the House of Commons of Canada as the member from Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans. He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections (in the riding of Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans) and in the 2004 federal election (in the riding of Charlevoix—Montmorency). In the 2004 and 2008 elections, he won in Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord before being defeated in the 2011 federal election. A lawyer, he has served as the Bloc critic of Parliamentary Affairs, Transport and to the Auditor General. He then served as whip and deputy whip of the Bloc Québécois, and was also the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

In the 2014 provincial election, he ran unsuccessfully for the Parti Québécois to represent the riding of Montmorency.

Guimond died of heart failure on January 19, 2015.[1]

Electoral record

Montmorency

Quebec general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRaymond Bernier17,11340.42
Coalition Avenir QuébecMichelyne St-Laurent14,32333.83
Parti QuébécoisMichel Guimond7,24217.11
Québec solidaireJean-Pierre Duchesneau1,9814.68
ConservativeAdrien Pouliot1,0152.40
GreenMarielle Parent4070.96
Option nationaleJean Bouchard2551.51
Total valid votes 42,33698.89
Total rejected ballots 4761.11
Turnout 42,81277.00
Electors on the lists 55,950–

Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJonathan Tremblay17,60137.3%+29.6%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Guimond16,42534.9%-14.0%
ConservativeMichel-Éric Castonguay9,66020.5%-6.9%
LiberalRobert Gauthier2,6285.6%-7.8%
GreenFrançois Bédard8141.7%-1.0%
Total valid votes 47,128100%
Total rejected ballots 627 1.3%
Turnout 47,755 62.5%
Eligible voters 76,447

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Guimond21,06848.9%-0.2%
ConservativeGuy-Léonard Tremblay11,78927.4%-4.9%
LiberalRobert Gauthier5,76913.4%+4.5%
New DemocraticJonathan Tremblay3,3327.7%+1.3%
GreenJacques Legros1,1472.7%-0.7%
Total valid votes 43,105100.0%
Total rejected ballots 547
Turnout – %
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Guimond22,16949.1%-11.8%
ConservativeYves Laberge14,55932.3%+19.7%
LiberalRobert Gauthier3,9898.8%-11.7%
New DemocraticMartin Cauchon2,8966.4%+3.9%
GreenYves Jourdain1,5273.4%0.0%
Total valid votes 45,140 100.0%

Charlevoix—Montmorency, 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Guimond25,45160.9%
LiberalLisette Lepage8,59820.6%
ConservativeGuy-Léonard Tremblay5,25912.6%
GreenYves Jourdain1,4223.4%
New DemocraticSteeve Hudon1,0552.5%
Total valid votes 41,785 100.0%

1997 and 2000 federal elections

Canadian federal election, 2000: Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Guimond21,34141.55$64,900
LiberalChantal Plante18,71436.43–$39,207
AllianceRobert Giroux5,87811.44$1,327
     Progressive Conservative Lise Bernier 2,916 5.68 not listed
MarijuanaMathieu Giroux1,3642.66$10
New DemocraticEric Hébert8691.69not listed
Marxist–LeninistJean Bédard2830.55 $10
Total valid votes 51,365 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,481
Turnout 52,846 65.88
Electors on the lists 80,217
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 1997: Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Guimond21,99442.99$56,578
LiberalSimone Gosselin13,86327.10–$44,404
     Progressive Conservative Michel Cliche 12,748 24.92 $25,083
ReformYves Baribeau1,2552.45$4,147
New DemocraticJessica Greenberg8851.73$0
Marxist–LeninistJean Bédard4190.82 $0
Total valid votes 51,164 100.00
Total rejected ballots 2,136
Turnout 53,300 70.28
Electors on the lists 75,840
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

References

  1. ↑ "Michel Guimond, ex-Bloc MP, dies of heart failure at 61". cbc.ca. January 19, 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Bélisle, BQ		 Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee
1996-1997		 Succeeded by
John G. Williams, Reform
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