Gilles Gauthier | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières |
Predecessor: | Yves Gabias |
Successor: | Guy Bacon |
Term Start: | 1969 |
Term End: | 1970 |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1935 |
Birth Place: | Louiseville, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Union Nationale |
Gilles Gauthier (September 3, 1935 – August 17, 2015) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was a Member of the National Assembly.
Gilles Gauthier was born on September 3, 1935, in Louiseville, Quebec, and was a lawyer. He died on August 17, 2015, at the age of 79.[1]
Gauthier ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal district of Trois-Rivières in 1968, but lost against Liberal incumbent Joseph-Alfred Mongrain.
Gauthier ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in a 1969 by-election, following the resignation of Yves Gabias and won.
Gauthier lost his bid for re-election in 1970 and was defeated in the district of Champlain in 1976. In 1978-1979 he served as the interim director of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal after Raymond Daveluy left the post. He was succeeded by Albert Grenier.