Gaston Péloquin (11 December 1939 – 1 September 1994) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons from 1993 to 1994.
He was born in Granby, Quebec. Péloquin, who was a teacher before entering politics, was elected in the 1993 election as a Bloc Québécois candidate.[1] However, after less than a year in office, he died in a car accident on 1 September 1994, when he crashed his car while driving on a curve near Sutton, Quebec. He was pronounced dead a local hospital, at the age of 54.[1]
Péloquin had a son, whom he adopted from Haiti while working there as a teacher.[1]
In the resulting byelection, he was succeeded by Denis Paradis.
Electoral record
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Brome—Missisquoi | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gaston Péloquin | 17,836 | 40.76 | $43,761 | ||||
| Liberal | Joan Kouri | 16,040 | 36.66 | – | $50,840 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Francine Vincelette | 7,504 | 17.15 | $52,076 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Jean-Guy Peloquin | 722 | 1.65 | $0 | ||||
| Natural Law | Yves Décarie | 563 | 1.29 | $52 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Sean Hutchinson | 553 | 1.26 | $392 | ||||
| Non-Affiliated | Gary Wrightman | 380 | 0.87 | $4,817 | ||||
| National | Edmond Séguin | 156 | 0.36 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 43,754 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,562 | |||||||
| Turnout | 45,316 | 76.64 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 59,132 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 "Bloc MP Péloquin killed in traffic accident". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 2 September 1994. p. 4.
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