# Michel Guimond

Michel Guimond (December 26, 1953 – January 19, 2015) was a Canadian politician. From 1987 to 1993 he served as a city councillor in Boischatel, Quebec. After this, he ran in the 1993 federal election for the Bloc Québécois. He was elected into the House of Commons of Canada as the member from Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans. He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections (in the riding of Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans) 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 Parti Québécois to represent the riding of Montmorency.
Guimond died of heart failure on January 19, 2015.

## Electoral record
### Montmorency

2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Raymond Bernier | 17,113 | 40.42 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Michelyne St-Laurent | 14,323 | 33.83 |
| | Parti Québécois | Michel Guimond | 7,242 | 17.11 |
| | Québec solidaire | Jean-Pierre Duchesneau | 1,981 | 4.68 |
| | Conservative | Adrien Pouliot | 1,015 | 2.40 |
| | Green | Marielle Parent | 407 | 0.96 |
| | Option nationale | Jean Bouchard | 255 | 1.51 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 42,336 | 98.89 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 476 | 1.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,812 | 77.00 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 55,950 | – |

### Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Jonathan Tremblay | 17,601 | 37.3% | +29.6% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Guimond | 16,425 | 34.9% | -14.0% |
| | Conservative | Michel-Éric Castonguay | 9,660 | 20.5% | -6.9% |
| | Liberal | Robert Gauthier | 2,628 | 5.6% | -7.8% |
| | Green | François Bédard | 814 | 1.7% | -1.0% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,128 | 100% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 627 | 1.3% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,755 | 62.5% |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,447 |
Source: Elections Canada
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Guimond | 21,068 | 48.9% | -0.2% |
| | Conservative | Guy-Léonard Tremblay | 11,789 | 27.4% | -4.9% |
| | Liberal | Robert Gauthier | 5,769 | 13.4% | +4.5% |
| | New Democratic | Jonathan Tremblay | 3,332 | 7.7% | +1.3% |
| | Green | Jacques Legros | 1,147 | 2.7% | -0.7% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,105 | 100.0% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 547 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | – | % |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Guimond | 22,169 | 49.1% | -11.8% |
| | Conservative | Yves Laberge | 14,559 | 32.3% | +19.7% |
| | Liberal | Robert Gauthier | 3,989 | 8.8% | -11.7% |
| | New Democratic | Martin Cauchon | 2,896 | 6.4% | +3.9% |
| | Green | Yves Jourdain | 1,527 | 3.4% | 0.0% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 45,140 | 100.0% |

### Charlevoix—Montmorency, 2004

2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Guimond | 25,451 | 60.9% |
| | Liberal | Lisette Lepage | 8,598 | 20.6% |
| | Conservative | Guy-Léonard Tremblay | 5,259 | 12.6% |
| | Green | Yves Jourdain | 1,422 | 3.4% |
| | New Democratic | Steeve Hudon | 1,055 | 2.5% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,785 | 100.0% |

### 1997 and 2000 federal elections

vte2000 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Guimond | 21,341 | 41.55 | | $64,900 |
| | Liberal | Chantal Plante | 18,714 | 36.43 | – | $39,207 |
| | Alliance | Robert Giroux | 5,878 | 11.44 | | $1,327 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lise Bernier | 2,916 | 5.68 | | not listed |
| | Marijuana | Mathieu Giroux | 1,364 | 2.66 | | $10 |
| | New Democratic | Eric Hébert | 869 | 1.69 | | not listed |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Jean Bédard | 283 | 0.55 | | $10 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,365 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,481 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,846 | 65.88 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 80,217 |
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |||||||
vte1997 Canadian federal election: Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Guimond | 21,994 | 42.99 | | $56,578 |
| | Liberal | Simone Gosselin | 13,863 | 27.10 | – | $44,404 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Michel Cliche | 12,748 | 24.92 | | $25,083 |
| | Reform | Yves Baribeau | 1,255 | 2.45 | | $4,147 |
| | New Democratic | Jessica Greenberg | 885 | 1.73 | | $0 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Jean Bédard | 419 | 0.82 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 51,164 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 2,136 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,300 | 70.28 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 75,840 |
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |||||||