Gilles Rocheleau

Gilles Rocheleau
MNA for Hull
In office
1981–1988
Preceded by Jocelyne Ouellette
Succeeded by Robert LeSage
Member of Parliament for Hull—Aylmer
In office
1988–1993
Preceded by Gaston Isabelle
Succeeded by Marcel Massé
Personal details
Born 28 August 1935
Hull, Quebec
Died 27 June 1998 (1998-06-28) (aged 62)
Political party Quebec Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Canada → Bloc Québécois

Gilles Rocheleau (28 August 1935 – 27 June 1998) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. He co-founded the Bloc Québécois with Lucien Bouchard in 1990.

Rocheleau was born in Hull, Quebec, he was a businessman by career. His post-secondary education was at the University of Ottawa. He became a city councillor in 1967, then mayor from 1974 to 1981.[1] He was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec in 1981 in Hull as a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec. He was again elected to the Assembly in 1985 and became a cabinet minister in Premier Robert Bourassa's administration.

He left provincial politics to campaign in the 1988 federal election in the Hull—Aylmer electoral district for the national Liberal party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament until he left the party on 2 July 1990 following the implosion of the Meech Lake Accord. After several months as an independent, he became a charter member of the Bloc Québécois party on 20 December 1990.

However, Rocheleau's embrace of Quebec sovereigntism didn't play well in his strongly federalist riding, and he was heavily defeated by Liberal candidate Marcel Massé in the 1993 federal election.

He was married twice: to Denise Gagné in 1956 and then later to Hélène Roy.

Rocheleau died in Hull at the age of 62.

Electoral record (partial)

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMarcel Massé 27,988 53.26 +3.43
Bloc QuébécoisGilles Rocheleau 14,293 27.20
IndependentTony Cannavino 4,583 8.72
Progressive ConservativePierre Chénier 3,244 6.17 -25.70
New DemocraticFrancine Bourque 1,346 2.56 -12.83
GreenGeorge Halpern 468 0.89
Natural LawRobert Mayer 401 0.76
Marxist–LeninistFrançoise Roy 162 0.31
AbolitionistLinda Dubois 63 0.12
Total valid votes 52,548100.00
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGilles Rocheleau 23,218 49.83 +9.26
Progressive ConservativeNicole Moreault 14,849 31.87 -5.15
New DemocraticDanielle Lapointe-Vienneau 7,170 15.39 -4.23
RhinocerosDenis Le Citron Patenaude 661 1.42
IndependentGlen Kealey 559 1.20
IndependentSerge Lafortune 134 0.29
Total valid votes 46,591100.00
Quebec general election, 1981: Hull
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGilles Rocheleau 15,572 49.76
Parti QuébécoisJocelyne Ouellette 15,116 48.30
Union NationaleJoe McGovern 263 0.84 –
     Workers Gilles Bourque 153 0.49
     Independent Gilles Bégin 96 0.31
CommunistMarc Bonhomme 59 0.19
Marxist–LeninistPierre Soublière 35 0.11
Total valid votes 31,294 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 530
Turnout 31,824 80.19
Electors on the lists 39,686

References

  1. ↑ Normandin, Pierre G. (1989). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. InfoGlobe.


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