Christiane Gagnon
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| Christiane Gagnon | |
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| Member of Parliament for Québec | |
| In office 1993–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Loiselle |
| Succeeded by | Annick Papillon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1948 Chicoutimi, Quebec |
| Political 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 NDP 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 | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| New Democratic | 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 | % | ±pp | 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 Democratic | 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 | % | ±pp | 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 Democratic | 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: Québec | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Christiane Gagnon | 24,373 | 50.63 | $51,839 | ||
| Liberal | Jean-Philippe Côté | 12,982 | 26.97 | – | $72,065 | |
| Conservative | Pierre Gaudreault | 5,330 | 11.07 | $13,725 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Jean-Marie Fiset | 2,670 | 5.55 | $518 | ||
| Green | Antonine Yaccarini | 2,046 | 4.25 | $2,723 | ||
| Marijuana | Pierre-Etienne Paradis | 512 | 1.06 | not listed | ||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean Bédard | 223 | 0.46 | not listed | ||
| Total valid votes | 48,136 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,040 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,176 | 60.77 | ||||
| Electors on the lists | 80,916 | |||||
| Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Christiane Gagnon | 22,793 | 43.4 | -1.1 | ||
| Liberal | Claudette Tessier Couture | 18,619 | 35.5 | +3.1 | ||
| Alliance | Michel Rivard | 3,980 | 7.6 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Marc Jalbert | 3,171 | 6.0 | -12.5 | ||
| New Democratic | 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 | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 Democratic | Jean-Marie Fiset | 2,556 | 4.6 | +2.5 | ||
| Total valid votes | 55,744 | 100.0 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| 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 Democratic | 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 | ||||
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