Gabrielle Bertrand (May 15, 1923 – September 10, 1999) was a

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politician. Born Gabrielle Giroux in Sweetsburg,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

(now Cowansville), the daughter of Louis-Arthur Giroux and Juliette Bolduc, she married

Jean-Jacques Bertrand Jean-Jacques Bertrand (; June 20, 1916 – February 22, 1973) was the 21st premier of Quebec, from October 2, 1968, to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party. Member of the legislature Bertrand served as Member of the Legislative Assemb ...

in 1944, the future Union Nationale

Premier of Quebec The premier of Quebec ( French: ''premier ministre du Québec'' (masculine) or ''première ministre du Québec'' (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of the ...

from 1968 to 1970. She was the mother of

Jean-François Bertrand Jean-François Bertrand is a former Canadian politician in Quebec, Canada. Bertrand served in the National Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born on June 22, 1946 in Cowansville, Quebec and has a degree in political science from Universit ...

, a Quebec cabinet minister in the cabinet of

René Lévesque René Lévesque (; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Québécois politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to attempt ...

. In the 1984 election, she was elected to the

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in the riding of

Brome—Missisquoi Brome—Missisquoi (formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 1925 ...

. A Progressive Conservative, she was re-elected in the 1988 election. From 1984 to 1986, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare. From 1986 to 1987, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. The Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Giroux-Bertrand in

Cowansville Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 15,234. In recent years ...

is named in her honour.

Electoral record (partial)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertrand, Gabrielle 1923 births 1999 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Cowansville Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Women in Quebec politics 20th-century Canadian women politicians French Quebecers