Robert Gourd

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Robert Gourd (1933 – March 22, 2015) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.[1] He was a manufacturer and administrator by career.

Gourd was born in Amos, Quebec. He won the Argenteuil electoral district in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected there in the 1980 election. He was defeated in the 1984 election by Lise Bourgault of the Progressive Conservative party.

He served in various business capacities after his departure from national politics and was a Commissioner on the International Joint Commission which supports the International Boundary Waters Treaty between Canada and the United States.[1] He died in Montreal on March 22, 2015.[2]

1980 Canadian federal election: Argenteuil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Gourd 21,976 68.60% +4.3%
Progressive Conservative Benoit Parent 5,128 16.01% -1.2%
New Democratic Ida Brown 2,422 7.56% +3.0%
Rhinoceros Yo François Gourd 1,298 4.05%
Social Credit Maurice Marcoux 1,074 3.35% -7.7%
Marxist–Leninist Jacques Cote 135 0.42% +0.0%
Total valid votes 32,033 100.0%
1979 Canadian federal election: Argenteuil
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Robert Gourd 22,043 64.27%
Progressive Conservative George Kirby 5,889 17.17%
Social Credit Antoine Bedard 3,780 11.02%
New Democratic Thérèse Gardner Pelletier 1,576 4.60%
Rhinoceros Michel Rivard 699 2.04%
Marxist–Leninist Jacques Cote 155 0.45%
Union populaire Lucie Poirier 155 0.45%
Total valid votes 34,297 100.0%

References[]

  1. ^ Robert Gourd – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ "Fiche".


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