Gabriel Desjardins
Gabriel Desjardins (born 14 February 1949 in Montreal, Quebec) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman, professor and trader by career.
He represented the Quebec riding of Témiscamingue where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
Desjardins left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1993 federal election by Pierre Brien of the Bloc Québécois.
Electoral record
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Témiscamingue | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gabriel Desjardins | 20,347 | 50.24 | |||||
| Liberal | Henri Tousignant | 13,756 | 33.96 | |||||
| New Democratic | Guy Verville | 2,189 | 5.40 | |||||
| Parti nationaliste | Roberte Parent | 2,126 | 5.25 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Marcel Yves Bégin | 1,457 | 3.60 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Rachel Lord | 626 | 1.55 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,501 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 255 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,756 | 73.11 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,749 | |||||||
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