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.
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.
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]
|-|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"|-|}