François Gourd

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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[]

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1979 Canadian federal election: Saint-Michel
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marie Thérèse Killens 29,046
Social Credit John Mitchell 4,299
New Democratic Filippo Salvatore 2,616
Progressive Conservative Jean-Louis Pozza 2,602
Rhinoceros François Gourd 1,453
Union populaire Bernard L. Longpré 432
Communist Vittoria Bronzati 177
Marxist–Leninist Serge Tremblay 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 –
2008 Canadian federal election
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
2011 Canadian federal election
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[]

  1. ^ "Pied snipers". The Gazette, January 31, 1999.
  2. ^ a b c Barry, Chris, "Anarchy and assholes". Montreal Mirror, October 20, 2005. Last retrieved June 17, 2010.
  3. ^ a b The history of Les Foufounes Electriques on the club's official website Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. Last retrieved June 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Odile Tremblay, "Documentaire - Le meilleur film de François Gourd". Le Devoir, April 6, 2007.
  5. ^ a b History of Federal Ridings since 1867
  6. ^ "En bref - «Yo» Gourd en tête". Le Devoir, September 24, 2011.

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