Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon

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Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saguenay
In office
September 12, 1994 – September 16, 2001
Preceded byGhislain Maltais
Succeeded byFrançois Corriveau
Personal details
Born (1951-10-27) October 27, 1951 (age 72)
Forestville, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois
ProfessionLawyer

Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon (born October 27, 1951) is a Quebec politician who served as the member for Saguenay in the Parti Québécois from 1994 until 2001

Biography[edit]

Gagnon earned a law degree from Université Laval in 1975 and was admitted to the bar in 1976. He worked as a private secretary to then Minister of Transport Lucien Lessard in the René Lévesque government and then served as the clerk and general counsel for the City of Baie-Comeau.

Political career[edit]

Gagnon ran in the riding of Saguenay in 1994 and won. He served as a backbench supporter in the Parizeau government.

Gagnon was re-elected in 1998 and went on to serve as Parliamentary assistant to the minister responsible for the North Shore region in 1998 for the Lucien Bouchard government. He then became Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of the Environment serving in both the Bouchard and Bernard Landry governments until resigning on September 16, 2001, to become the industrial commissioner for the City of Baie-Comeau. Since 2008, he has worked as an air liaison for an airline.[1]

Electoral record[edit]

Provincial[edit]

1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon 15,419 62.64
Liberal Paul Fournier 5,001 20.32
Action démocratique Armand Maltais 4,036 16.40
Socialist Democracy Hélène Lévesque 159 0.65
Total valid votes 24,615 99.17
Total rejected ballots 206 0.83
Turnout 24,821 69.47
Electors on the lists 35,727
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon 14,439 57.44
Liberal Georges-Henri Gagné 7,435 29.58
Action démocratique Armand Maltais 3,264 12.98
Total valid votes 25,138 98.14
Total rejected ballots 476 1.86
Turnout 25,614 72.47
Electors on the lists 35,344

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