Michel Guimond

Michel Guimond
Michel Guimond
	Michel Guimond speaking at a press conference during the 2011 election campaign
Member of Parliament; for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord
	In office; October 25, 1993 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Charles Deblois
Succeeded by	Jonathan Tremblay
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1953; Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Died	January 19, 2015 (aged 61); Boischatel, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois,; Parti Québécois
Spouse	Mariette Langlois
Profession	attorney

Michel Guimond (December 26, 1953 – January 19, 2015) was a Canadian politician. From 1987 to 1993 he served as a city councillor in Boischatel, Quebec. After this, he ran in the 1993 federal election for the Bloc Québécois. He was elected into the House of Commons of Canada as the member from Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans. He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections (in the riding of Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans) and in the 2004 federal election (in the riding of Charlevoix—Montmorency). In the 2004 and 2008 elections, he won in Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord before being defeated in the 2011 federal election. A lawyer, he has served as the Bloc critic of Parliamentary Affairs, Transport and to the Auditor General. He then served as whip and deputy whip of the Bloc Québécois, and was also the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

In the 2014 provincial election, he ran unsuccessfully for the Parti Québécois to represent the riding of Montmorency.

Guimond died of heart failure on January 19, 2015.^[1]

Electoral record

2000 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Guimond	21,341	41.55		$64,900
	Liberal	Chantal Plante	18,714	36.43	–	$39,207
	Alliance	Robert Giroux	5,878	11.44		$1,327
	Progressive Conservative	Lise Bernier	2,916	5.68		not listed
	Marijuana	Mathieu Giroux	1,364	2.66		$10
	New Democratic	Eric Hébert	869	1.69		not listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean Bédard	283	0.55		$10
Total valid votes			51,365	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,481
Turnout			52,846	65.88
Electors on the lists			80,217
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Guimond	21,994	42.99		$56,578
	Liberal	Simone Gosselin	13,863	27.10	–	$44,404
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Cliche	12,748	24.92		$25,083
	Reform	Yves Baribeau	1,255	2.45		$4,147
	New Democratic	Jessica Greenberg	885	1.73		$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean Bédard	419	0.82		$0
Total valid votes			51,164	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,136
Turnout			53,300	70.28
Electors on the lists			75,840
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

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