Gérard Loiselle
Gérard Loiselle (April 15, 1921 - December 22, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He was an eight-term Member of the House of Commons and was a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.
Federal politics
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Loiselle successfully ran as an Independent Liberal candidate in the district of Sainte-Anne in 1957 defeating the official Liberal nominee. He was re-elected as a Liberal in 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1965. He ran in the district of Saint-Henri in 1968 and won. He was re-elected in 1972 and 1974. He did not run for re-election in 1979.
He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration from 1968 to 1960 and to the Minister of Transport from 1969 to 1970.[1][2]
City Councillor
He was elected to Montreal's City Council as an Independent candidate in 1950 in the district of Sainte-Anne. He was re-elected in 1954, 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1966. He did not run for re-election in 1970.
Electoral record (partial)
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | LOISELLE, Gérard | 7,771 | ||||||
| Liberal | HUSHION, William James | 4,254 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | SULLIVAN, Gerald E. | 2,807 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | SOWERY, Cliff | 902 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | LOISELLE, Gérard | 8,289 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | SULLIVAN, Gerald | 5,941 | ||||||
| Independent | COLLETTE, Albert | 1,256 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | KING, Paul Francis | 394 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | LOISELLE, Gérard | 7,737 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | SULLIVAN, Gerald | 4,478 | ||||||
| New Democratic | MULCAHY, Bernard | 627 | ||||||
| Social Credit | HAMLET, Thomas James | 381 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | LOISELLE, Gérard | 7,215 | ||||||
| Social Credit | COLLETTE, Albert | 2,830 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | VANLOO, A. Peter | 1,963 | ||||||
| New Democratic | MULCAHY, Bernard | 753 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Anne | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Gérard Loiselle | 6,150 | 59.60 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Neill | 2,283 | 22.12 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Eugène Caraghiaur | 1,060 | 10.27 | |||||
| New Democratic | Martin J. Ranalli | 826 | 8.00 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 10,319 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 254 | |||||||
| Turnout | 10,573 | 64.02 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 16,515 | |||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Saint-Henri | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Gérard Loiselle | 12,792 | 63.45 | |||||
| Independent | Pierre Sévigny | 3,499 | 17.35 | |||||
| New Democratic | Gérard Philipps | 1,491 | 7.40 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Hogue | 972 | 4.82 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Joseph Ranger | 608 | 3.02 | |||||
| Independent Liberal | William Gaudreau | 465 | 2.31 | |||||
| Independent | Lomer Pilote | 335 | 1.66 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,162 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 704 | |||||||
| Turnout | 20,866 | 57.73 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 36,143 | |||||||
Footnotes
- Gérard Loiselle – Parliament of Canada biography
- Commons, Canada Parliament House of (1969-01-01). Debates: Official Report. Queen's Printer.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Patrick Healy (Liberal) |
MP, District of Sainte-Anne 1957-1968 |
Succeeded by The electoral district was abolished in 1966. |
| Preceded by Hilarion-Pit Lessard (Liberal) |
MP, District of Saint-Henri 1968-1979 |
Succeeded by Jacques Guilbault (Liberal) |