Gaston Gourde

Gaston Gourde (born 17 March 1950 in Saint-Isidore, Quebec) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.

Gourde represented the Lévis, Quebec electoral district after winning a 4 May 1981 by-election. He served the latter part of the 32nd Canadian Parliament until he was defeated in 1984 federal election by Gabriel Fontaine of the Progressive Conservative party. Gourde attempted a political comeback in the 2011 federal election unsuccessfully running for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.

Electoral record

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 May 1981 Resignation of Mr. Raynald Guay, 29 August 1980
	Liberal	Gaston Gourde	15,591
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Janelle	10,052
	New Democratic	Daniel Vachon	5,235
	Rhinoceros	Aurélien Thériault	1,900
	Union populaire	Jean-Paul Bourcier	540
	Social Credit	Martin Caya	367
	Independent	John Turmel	172

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Lévis
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Fontaine	32,338
	Liberal	Gaston Gourde	17,283
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Harney	12,076
	Parti nationaliste	Antoine Dubé	1,649
	Rhinoceros	Raymond Emiliano Marquis	1,630
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Rhéaume	216

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