François Gérin
François Gérin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead | |
| In office 1984–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Claude Tessier |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Bernier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1944 Coaticook, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 3 April 2005 (aged 60) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative (1984–1990) Independent (1990–1991) Bloc Québécois (1991–1993) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
François Gérin (3 August 1944 – 3 April 2005) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.
Gérin was born in
Coaticook, Quebec
.
He represented the Quebec riding of Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election under the Progressive Conservative party. He was re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
However, he left the Progressive Conservative party on 5 May 1990 and became
independent until he formally became a founding member of the Bloc Québécois
in September 1991. In 1993, Gérin left federal politics and did not seek a third term in the House of Commons.
Electoral record
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | François Gérin | 25,679 | ||||||
| Liberal | Claude Tessier | 13,123 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Walsh | 2,690 | ||||||
| Green | Andrew McCammon | 454 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Michel Houde | 427 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Robert Bélanger | 399 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Ronald A. Javitch | 51 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | François Gérin | 23,246 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Guy Landry | 11,566 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Walsh | 3,195 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Yvan Lanctot | 550 | ||||||
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