Gaston Tremblay
Gaston Tremblay | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency | |
In office 1966–1970 | |
Preceded by | Albert Gervais |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Quebec City, Quebec | April 16, 1924
Died | July 11, 1998 Quebec City, Quebec | (aged 74)
Political party | Union Nationale |
Gaston Tremblay (April 16, 1924 – July 11, 1998) was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]
Background[]
He was born in Quebec City on April 16, 1924 and became a physician.[citation needed]
Mayor[]
Tremblay served as Mayor of Beauport, Quebec from 1961 to 1970.[citation needed]
Member of the legislature[]
He unsuccessfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1962 election in the provincial district of Quebec County. Tremblay was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1966 election and represented the district of Montmorency.[citation needed]
He crossed the floor on October 30, 1968 to sit as an Independent. He then joined the Parti nationaliste chrétien,[1][2] and then in 1969, he joined the Ralliement créditiste and became its first sitting member in the provincial legislature.[citation needed]
Tremblay ran as a Ralliement créditiste candidate and was defeated in the 1970 and 1973 elections.[citation needed]
Electoral history[]
In Montmorency (provincial electoral district)
hide1973 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | 15,248 | 51.89 | ||||||
Parti Québécois | Clément Richard | 9,275 | 31.56 | |||||
Parti créditiste | Gaston Tremblay | 3,863 | 13.15 | |||||
Union Nationale | Pierre Linteau | 999 | 3.40 | |||||
Total valid votes | 29,385 | 97.63 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 714 | 2.37 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,099 | 84.52 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 35,610 | – |
hide1970 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | 9,714 | 32.65 | ||||||
Ralliement créditiste | Gaston Tremblay | 9,674 | 32.51 | |||||
Union Nationale | J.-Eugène Houde | 6,337 | 21.30 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Gérard Langlois | 3,729 | 12.53 | |||||
Independent | Jean-Guy Bolduc | 300 | 1.01 | |||||
Total valid votes | 29,753 | 97.84 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 657 | 2.16 | ||||||
Turnout | 30,410 | 87.35 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 34,812 | – |
hide1966 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Union Nationale | Gaston Tremblay | 14,151 | 54.25 | |||||
Liberal | Réal Therrien | 9,627 | 36.90 | |||||
RIN | Guy Pouliot | 1,423 | 5.46 | |||||
Ralliement national | Maurice Talbot | 885 | 3.39 | |||||
Total valid votes | 26,086 | 98.01 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 529 | 1.99 | ||||||
Turnout | 26,615 | 82.94 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 32,091 | – |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ "Annonce du départ de Gaston Tremblay de l'Union nationale". Bilan du siècle. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
See also[]
- 1924 births
- 1998 deaths
- Mayors of places in Quebec
- Politicians from Quebec City
- Ralliement créditiste du Québec MNAs
- Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
- Université Laval alumni