Réal Gauvin Explained

Réal Gauvin
Birth Date:1935 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Adalbert, Quebec
Profession:Politician
Party:Quebec Liberal Party
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Montmagny-L'Islet
Term Start:December 2, 1985
Term End:April 14, 2003
Predecessor:Jacques Leblanc
Successor:Norbert Morin

Réal Gauvin (born March 30, 1935) is a Quebec politician, who served as the member for Montmagny-L'Islet in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1985 until 2003.

Biography

Gauvin was manager of a lumber and sawmill company, and was a logger in the family business. He became the owner of R.-A. Gauvin Transport, a company specializing in the transportation of timber. He is also the owner of a pilot license.

Political career

From 1975 until 1985, Gauvin was the Mayor of Saint-Adalbert, Quebec. He ran in the 1985 Quebec provincial election for the seat of Montmagny-L'Islet against incumbent Jacques Leblanc and won by nearly 25 points.

He was re-elected in 1989, 1994 and 1998, never facing a serious challenge. He served as a Deputy Government Whip and Parliamentary Secretary in the Daniel Johnson Jr. government. He subsequently did not seek re-election in 2003.[1]

Electoral record

Provincial

|-|Liberal|Réal Gauvin|align="right"|11,047|align="right"|45.99|align="right"|+1.63|}

|-|Liberal|Réal Gauvin|align="right"|10,339|align="right"|44.36|align="right"|-13.39|-|Independent|Jean-Claude Roy|align="right"|2,605|align="right"|11.18|align="right"|-|-|New Democrat|Gaston Bourget|align="right"|881|align="right"|3.78|align="right"|-|}

|-|Liberal|Réal Gauvin|align="right"|12,688|align="right"|57.75|align="right"|-2.77|-|}

|-|Liberal|Réal Gauvin|align="right"|14,492|align="right"|60.52|align="right"|+15.92|-|New Democrat|Louise Saint-Pierre|align="right"|564|align="right"|2.35|align="right"|-|-|Independent|Antonio Cicchetti|align="right"|500|align="right"|2.09|align="right"|-|-|Parti indépendantiste|Alain Raby|align="right"|199|align="right"|0.83|align="right"|-|-|Christian socialist|Réjean Tardif|align="right"|47|align="right"|0.20|align="right"|-|}

Notes and References

  1. http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/gauvin-real-3385/biographie.html Réal Gauvin Quebec National Assembly Biography