Lise Bourgault

Lise Bourgault
Lise Bourgault
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Argenteuil—Papineau
	In office; 1984–1993
Preceded by	Robert Gourd
Succeeded by	Maurice Dumas
Personal details
Born	June 5, 1950; Saint-Pamphile, Quebec
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Lise Bourgault (born June 5, 1950) is a Canadian politician. Since 2003, she has been the mayor of Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec.

Bourgault was born in St-Pamphile, Quebec. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Argenteuil—Papineau in the 1984 federal election. A Progressive Conservative, she was re-elected in the 1988 federal election before being defeated in the 1993 election. From 1987 to 1989, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. From 1989 to 1991, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare. In 1991, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services. She ran in the 2000 federal election as a Liberal in the riding of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel but lost by 542 votes to the Bloc Québécois candidate.

Electoral record (incomplete)

2000 Canadian federal election: Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Laframboise	21,713	43.20	+2.33	$63,057
	Liberal	Lise Bourgault	21,171	42.12	+8.10	$59,477
	Alliance	Francine Labelle	2,897	5.76		$2,011
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Denis Pelletier	1,848	3.68	−17.86	$6,611
	Marijuana	Pierre Audette	934	1.86	–	none listed
	Green	Gilles Bisson	723	1.44		$16
	New Democratic	Didier Charles	550	1.09	−0.52	none listed
	Natural Law	Marie-Thérèse Nault	256	0.51	−0.47	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Laurent Filion	167	0.33	−0.64	$138
Total valid votes			50,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,387
Turnout			51,646	63.74	−7.63
Electors on the lists			81,024
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1984 Canadian federal election: Argenteuil—Papineau
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lise Bourgault	21,105	55.93
	Liberal	Robert Gourd	12,096	32.06
	New Democratic	Bjorn Johansson	2,671	7.08
	Rhinoceros	Claude Sam Sabourin	946	2.51
	Parti nationaliste	François Granger	566	1.50
	Independent	Alphonse Bélec	350	0.93
Total valid votes			37,734	100.00
Total rejected ballots			328
Turnout			38,062	76.80
Electors on the lists			49.563

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