Jean-Claude Gobé

Jean-Claude Gobé (born April 11, 1949) is a Quebec politician. He served as the member for LaFontaine in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1985 until 2003. He left the Liberals to sit as an Independent shortly before his term in the National Assembly ended. Until resigning in 2018, he was the leader of the Official Opposition in the City of Laval as head of Action Laval.

Jean-Claude Gobé
A Quebec politician
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for LaFontaine
In office December 2, 1985 – April 14, 2003
Preceded by	Marcel Léger
Succeeded by	Tony Tomassi
Personal details
Born	(1949-04-11) April 11, 1949 Charleville, France
Political party	Liberal (federal) Action Laval (municipal)
Other political affiliations	Action démocratique du Québec (2008-2012) Quebec Liberal Party (1985-2003)
Profession	Politician
Military service
Allegiance	France
Branch/service	French Navy
Years of service	1967 — 1971
Unit	7th Infantry Regiment

Biography

Gobé was born in Charleville, France and studied at the College Sainte-Jeanne D'Arc in Orléans and then at the Academy of Montpelier. He served in the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Navy in Fréjus from 1967 to 1971, before emigrating to Canada in 1972.

After serving as a sales manager and then head of Renault Canada, he was director of Ademco and then of Comterm. He was managing director of Norma Rental from 1980 to 1985.

Political career

Gobé ran in the 1985 Quebec provincial election for the seat of LaFontaine against former Parti Québécois minister Marcel Léger and won with a narrow majority as Robert Bourassa became Premier for the second time. He served as a backbench supporter in the government and was re-elected in 1989. He served as a parliamentary secretary in the short-lived government of Daniel Johnson Jr.

He was reelected in 1994 and 1998, never facing a serious challenge. On February 20, 2005, Gobé quit the Quebec Liberal party after Leader Jean Charest requested he step aside for Tony Tomassi. He subsequently did not seek re-election in 2003.

After some time working at Iris as the Vice President of Business Development, he ran for the Liberal Party of Canada federally in 2004 in the riding of La Pointe-de-l'Île and then in 2006 in the riding of Alfred-Pellan, finishing a distant second both times. He then became an advisor to the ADQ leader Gérard Deltell and the head of the ADQ riding association in LaFontaine until the party folded.

In February 2013, Gobé founded the Action Laval party. He ran for mayor of Laval and lost to Marc Demers.

Electoral record

Federal

2006 Canadian federal election: Alfred-Pellan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Carrier	23,193	42.97	-6.23	$40,539
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	14,895	27.59	-12.00	$78,159
	Conservative	Rosanne Raymond	10,210	18.92	+13.85	$16,233
	New Democratic	Martin Leduc	3,838	7.11	+3.64	$4,371
	Green	Christien Lajoie	1,842	3.41	+1.29
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,978	100.00	$80,448
Total rejected ballots			791	1.44
Turnout			54,769	68.18	+2.13
Electors on the list			80,328

2004 Canadian federal election: La Pointe-de-l'Île
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Francine Lalonde	30,713	66.47	+13.35	$58,592
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	10,593	22.93	−9.79	$62,081
	Conservative	Christian Prévost	1,961	4.24	−3.11	$5,476
	New Democratic	André Langevin	1,751	3.79	+2.69	none listed
	Green	André Levert	1,186	2.57	–	none listed
Total valid votes			46,204	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,075
Turnout			47,279	59.18
Electors on the lists			79,894
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Provincial

1998 Quebec general election: LaFontaine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	22,984	57.59	+1.92
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Séwa Adjeté	12,116	30.36	-4.23
	Action démocratique	Réal Barrette	4,476	11.21	+3.22
	Innovator	Renée Devirieux	176	0.44	-0.46
	Socialist Democracy	Pierre-Yves Legault	161	0.40	–
Total valid votes			39,913	99.10	–
Total rejected ballots			362	0.90	–
Turnout			40,275	80.06	-2.81
Electors on the lists			50,305
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.08

1994 Quebec general election: LaFontaine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	20,698	55.67	-2.67
	Parti Québécois	Anna-Laura Javicoli	12,116	30.36	-5.75
	Action démocratique	Robert Fauteux	2,971	7.99	–
	Innovator	Pierre Bourgault	334	0.90	-0.81
	Natural Law	Pierre-Yves Legault	316	0.85	–
Total valid votes			37,181	98.56	–
Total rejected ballots			542	1.44	-1.36
Turnout			37,723	82.87	+12.07
Electors on the lists			45,521
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.21

1989 Quebec general election: LaFontaine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	15,328	57.83	+7.37
	Parti Québécois	Anna-Laura Javicoli	9,571	36.11	-9.57
	New Democratic	Destin Jean-Pierre	763	2.88	+1.31
	Innovator	Michel Labrèche	452	1.71	–
	Parti 51	Roger Wistaff	391	1.48	–
Total valid votes			26,505	97.20	–
Total rejected ballots			764	2.80	+0.90
Turnout			27,269	70.80	-5.67
Electors on the lists			38,516
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.47

1985 Quebec general election: LaFontaine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Gobé	19,577	50.46	+14.83
	Parti Québécois	Marcel Léger	17,722	45.68	-16.40
	New Democratic	Roger Vincent	608	1.57	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Paul Jacques	460	1.18	–
	Union Nationale	Serge Léveillé	348	0.90	-0.98
	Christian Socialist	Jean-Pierre Poulin	83	0.21	–
Total valid votes			26,505	98.10	–
Total rejected ballots			753	1.90	+0.57
Turnout			39,551	76.47	-7.38
Electors on the lists			51,720
	Liberal gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+15.62

Municipal

Laval mayoral election, 2017
Party		Mayoral candidate	Vote	%
	Mouvement lavallois - Équipe Marc Demers	Marc Demers (X)	50,805	46.24
	Parti Laval - Équipe Michel Trottier	Michel Trottier	22,417	20.40
	Action Laval - Équipe Jean Claude Gobé	Jean Claude Gobé	17,624	16.04
	Avenir Laval - Équipe Sonia Baudelot	Sonia Baudelot	17,155	15.61
	Alliance des conseillers autonomes - Équipe Alain Lecompte et Cynthia Leblanc	Alain Lecompte	763	0.69
	Independent	Hélène Goupil	733	0.67
	Independent	Nicolas Lemire	375	0.34
Total valid votes			109,872	36.32

Laval mayoral election, 2013
Party		Mayoral candidate	Vote	%
	Mouvement lavallois	Marc Demers	51,151	44.19
	Action Laval	Jean-Claude Gobé	28,130	24.30
	Option Laval	Claire Le Bel	14,356	12.40
	Parti au service du citoyen	Robert Bordeleau	12,574	10.86
	Independent	Jacques Foucher	3,678	3.18
	Independent	Hélène Goupil Nantel	2,361	2.04
	Nouveau Parti des Lavallois	Guy Landry	1,453	1.26
	Independent	Marc-Aurèle Racicot	1,451	1.25
	Independent	Régent Millette	611	0.53
	Total valid votes		115,765	100