Jacques Gourde (born January 13, 1964, in

Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,091 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after the Narcisse Di ...

) is a farmer and the

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for

Lévis—Lotbinière Lévis—Lotbinière (formerly Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from parts ...

. He was first elected in the 2006 federal election and, on February 7, 2006, was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec. Gourde has a diploma in farming management and was a producer and exporter of hay in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. He is married to Chantal Beaudoin and has five children.

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* 1964 births Conservative Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 20th-century Canadian farmers 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Quebec-MP-stub