Roger Gaudet

Roger Gaudet
Roger Gaudet; MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Montcalm
	In office; 2004–2011
Preceded by	new riding
Succeeded by	Manon Perreault
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Berthier—Montcalm
	In office; December 12, 2002 – 2004
Preceded by	Michel Bellehumeur
Succeeded by	riding abolished
Personal details
Born	May 26, 1945; Saint-Liguori, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Mascouche, Quebec
Profession	restaurateur

Roger Gaudet (born May 26, 1945) is a Canadian politician and former restaurant owner.

Gaudet served as a councillor in Saint-Liguori from 1985 to 1989. In 1989 he was elected mayor of Saint-Liguoiri, and then in 1993 he became reeve of the Montcalm MRC. In 2002 he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election for the Bloc Québécois in the riding Berthier—Montcalm. In the 2004 Canadian federal election he was re-elected- this time in Montcalm. He briefly was the Bloc's critic to Public Works and Government services in 2004.

Electoral record (incomplete)

2008 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Gaudet	33,519	55.69		$73,797
	Liberal	David Grégoire	8,387	13.93	–	$7,023
	New Democratic	Marie-Josée Beauchamp	8,337	13.85		none listed
	Conservative	Claude Marc Boudreau	8,096	13.45		$79,804
	Green	Michel Paulette	1,854	3.08	–	$722
Total valid votes			60,193	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,296
Turnout			61,489	61.73
Electors on the lists			99,604
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

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