Réal Gauvin (born March 30, 1935) is a Quebec politician, who served as the member for Montmagny-L'Islet in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1985 until 2003.

Biography

Gauvin was manager of a lumber and sawmill company, and was a logger in the family business. He became the owner of R.-A. Gauvin Transport, a company specializing in the transportation of timber. He is also the owner of a pilot license.

Réal Gauvin

Political career

From 1975 until 1985, Gauvin was the Mayor of Saint-Adalbert, Quebec. He ran in the 1985 Quebec provincial election for the seat of Montmagny-L'Islet against incumbent Jacques Leblanc and won by nearly 25 points.

Réal Gauvin

He was re-elected in 1989, 1994 and 1998, never facing a serious challenge. He served as a Deputy Government Whip and Parliamentary Secretary in the Daniel Johnson Jr. government. He subsequently did not seek re-election in 2003.

Réal Gauvin

Electoral record

Provincial

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|Liberal

|Réal Gauvin

|align="right"|11,047

|align="right"|45.99

|align="right"|+1.63

|}

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|Liberal

|Réal Gauvin

|align="right"|10,339

|align="right"|44.36

|align="right"|-13.39

|-

|Independent

|Jean-Claude Roy

|align="right"|2,605

|align="right"|11.18

|align="right"|-

|-

|New Democrat

|Gaston Bourget

|align="right"|881

|align="right"|3.78

|align="right"|-

|}

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|Liberal

|Réal Gauvin

|align="right"|12,688

|align="right"|57.75

|align="right"|-2.77

|-

|}

|-

|Liberal

|Réal Gauvin

|align="right"|14,492

|align="right"|60.52

|align="right"|+15.92

|-

|New Democrat

|Louise Saint-Pierre

|align="right"|564

|align="right"|2.35

|align="right"|-

|-

|Independent

|Antonio Cicchetti

|align="right"|500

|align="right"|2.09

|align="right"|-

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|Parti indépendantiste

|Alain Raby

|align="right"|199

|align="right"|0.83

|align="right"|-

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|Christian socialist

|Réjean Tardif

|align="right"|47

|align="right"|0.20

|align="right"|-

|}

References

1935 births

Living people

Canadian aviators

Canadian loggers

Mayors of places in Quebec

Quebec Liberal Party MNAs

People from Chaudière-Appalaches

20th-century Canadian politicians

21st-century Canadian politicians

French Quebecers