Robert Gourd
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
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 Boundary Waters Treaty between Canada and the United States.[1] He died in Montreal on March 22, 2015.[2]
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| 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% | ||||||
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