Michel Guimond (December 26, 1953 – January 19, 2015) was a

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politician. From 1987 to 1993 he served as a city councillor in

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. After this, he ran in the 1993 federal election for the

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. He was elected into the

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as the member from Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans. He was re-elected in the

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and 2000 federal elections (in the riding of

Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Montmorency (also known as Montmorency—Orléans, Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans, and Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in ...

) 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

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to represent the riding of Montmorency. Guimond died of heart failure on January 19, 2015.

Electoral record

Montmorency

Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord

Source
Elections Canada
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Charlevoix—Montmorency, 2004

1997 and 2000 federal elections

References

External links

Parliament Webpage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guimond, Michel 1953 births 2015 deaths Bloc Québécois MPs French Quebecers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians Université Laval alumni