François Gourd
François "Yo" Gourd is a Canadian political figure and entertainer, who has been involved in the Rhinoceros Party of Canada and the entartistes, two satirical political movements.[1] He was also the Rhinoceros Party candidate in Saint-Michel in the 1979 federal election.
In 1983 Gourd opened a bar called Les Foufounes Électriques, along with Norman Boileau and Bernard Paquet — two of Gourd's friends from a musical theatre of which he was a member. They were interested in creating a space for showcasing burgeoning alternative musicians and different types of art.[2][3] According to Gourd, the bar did not turn much of a profit and he sold his share in the club after five years. By the end of the 1980s, Boileau was the only remaining owner.[2][3]
In the period that followed, he became involved in cinema.[2] His films included Masturbation libre, le manifeste in 2007.[4]
In 2006, he founded the second iteration of the Rhinoceros Party, the successor to the historical Rhinoceros Party dissolved in 1993. As the party's candidate in the September 17, 2007 federal by-election in Outremont, he listed his profession as poet[5] on his nomination papers. He received 145 votes (0.61%).[5] The party's activities included protesting against the construction industry.[6]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 1979: Saint-Michel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | KILLENS, Thérèse | 29,046 | ||||||
| Social Credit | MITCHELL, John | 4,299 | ||||||
| New Democratic | SALVATORE, Filippo | 2,616 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | POZZA, Jean-Louis | 2,602 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | GOURD, François | 1,453 | ||||||
| Union populaire | LONGPRÉ, Bernard L. | 432 | ||||||
| Communist | BRONZATI, Vittoria | 177 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | TREMBLAY, Serge | 147 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 17 September 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| resignation of Jean Lapierre, 28 January 2007 | ||||||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Mulcair | 11,374 | 47.51 | +30.38 | ||||
| Liberal | Jocelyn Coulon | 6,933 | 28.96 | -6.17 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-Paul Gilson | 2,610 | 10.90 | -17.91 | ||||
| Conservative | Gilles Duguay | 2,052 | 8.57 | -4.27 | ||||
| Green | François Pilon | 529 | 2.20 | -2.59 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | François Yo Gourd | 145 | 0.61 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mahmood Raza Baig | 78 | 0.33 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jocelyne Leduc | 67 | 0.28 | – | ||||
| Canadian Action | Alexandre Amirizian | 45 | 0.19 | – | ||||
| Independent | Romain Angeles | 43 | 0.18 | – | ||||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 32 | 0.13 | +0.07 | ||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 30 | 0.13 | – | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 24,103 | 50.24 | −4.45 | $71,127 | |||
| Liberal | Sébastien Caron | 8,798 | 18.33 | +5.88 | $30,225 | |||
| New Democratic | François Grégoire | 8,209 | 17.11 | +0.44 | $31,151 | |||
| Green | Dylan Perceval-Maxwell | 3,801 | 7.92 | -0.38 | $7,171 | |||
| Conservative | Charles K. Langford | 2,320 | 4.83 | −1.55 | $5,590 | |||
| Rhinoceros | François Yo Gourd | 447 | 0.93 | $388 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 118 | 0.24 | -0.03 | ||||
| Independent | Daniel "F4J" Laforest | 93 | 0.19 | – | ||||
| Communist | Samie Pagé-Quirion | 86 | 0.17 | -0.03 | $898 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,975 | 100.00 | $84,641 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 406 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,381 | 61.10 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Hélène Laverdière | 23,373 | 46.64 | +29.53 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 17,991 | 35.90 | -14.34 | ||||
| Liberal | Philippe Allard | 4,976 | 9.93 | -8.40 | ||||
| Conservative | Charles K. Langford | 1,764 | 3.52 | -1.31 | ||||
| Green | Adam Olivier | 1,324 | 2.64 | -5.28 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | François Yo Gourd | 398 | 0.79 | -0.14 | ||||
| Communist | Sylvain Archambault | 137 | 0.27 | +0.10 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 77 | 0.15 | -0.09 | ||||
| Independent | Dimitri Mourkes | 73 | 0.15 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,113 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 471 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Turnout | 50,584 | 64.21 | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Pied snipers". The Gazette, January 31, 1999.
- 1 2 3 Barry, Chris, "Anarchy and assholes". Montreal Mirror, October 20, 2005. Last retrieved June 17, 2010.
- 1 2 The history of Les Foufounes Electriques on the club's official website. Last retrieved June 17, 2010.
- ↑ Odile Tremblay, "Documentaire - Le meilleur film de François Gourd". Le Devoir, April 6, 2007.
- 1 2 History of Federal Ridings since 1867
- ↑ "En bref - «Yo» Gourd en tête". Le Devoir, September 24, 2011.