Gaston Tremblay (French pronunciation: [ɡastɔ̃ tʁɑ̃blɛ]; April 16, 1924 – July 11, 1998) was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]
Gaston Tremblay | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency | |
| In office 1966–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Gervais |
| Succeeded by | Louis Vézina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1924 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Died | July 11, 1998 (aged 74) Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Union Nationale |
Background
editHe was born in Quebec City on April 16, 1924 and became a physician.[citation needed]
Mayor
editTremblay served as Mayor of Beauport, Quebec from 1961 to 1970.[citation needed]
Member of the legislature
editHe 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
editIn Montmorency (provincial electoral district)
| 1973 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Marcel Bédard | 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 | – | ||||||
| 1970 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Louis Vézina | 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 | – | ||||||
| 1966 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ 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.