# Jacques Gourde

Jacques Gourde MP (born January 13, 1964, in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Quebec) is a farmer and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lévis—Lotbinière. He was first elected in the 2006 federal election and, on February 7, 2006, was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec.
Gourde has a diploma in farming management and was a producer and exporter of hay in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. He is married to Chantal Beaudoin and has five children.

## Electoral record

vte2021 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 32,731 | 51.6 | +7.0 | $70,182.58 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Samuel Lamarche | 13,740 | 21.7 | -3.4 | $6,762.35 |
| | Liberal | Ghislain Daigle | 9,286 | 14.6 | -2.4 | $5,447.42 |
| | New Democratic | Guylaine Dumont | 4,497 | 7.1 | +0.2 | $3,939.53 |
| | People's | Benoit Simard | 1,661 | 2.6 | -0.9 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Charles-Eugène Bergeron | 856 | 1.4 | -1.6 | $0.00 |
| | Free | Mariève Lemay | 541 | 0.9 | N/A | $488.27 |
| | Patriote | Carl Brochu | 95 | 0.1 | N/A | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,407 | 98.4 | – | $120,042.23 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,006 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,413 | 70.3 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 91,618 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +5.2 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 28,297 | 44.57 | -5.53 | $40,916.04 |
| | Bloc Québécois | François-Noël Brault | 15,921 | 25.08 | +13.64 | $5,169.30 |
| | Liberal | Ghislain Daigle | 10,761 | 16.95 | -4.72 | $8,547.89 |
| | New Democratic | Christel Marchand | 4,355 | 6.86 | -7.91 | $0.10 |
| | People's | Marc Fontaine | 2,247 | 3.54 | – | none listed |
| | Green | Patrick Kerr | 1,908 | 3.01 | +1.21 | $336.51 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,489 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,241 | 1.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,730 | 72.00 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 89,405 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election: Lévis—Lotbinière :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 31,357 | 50.1 | +10.22 | – |
| | Liberal | Claude Boucher | 13,562 | 21.7 | +16.61 | – |
| | New Democratic | Hélène Bilodeau | 9,246 | 14.8 | -23.69 | – |
| | Bloc Québécois | Steve Gagné | 7,163 | 11.4 | -3.48 | – |
| | Green | Tina Biello | 1,124 | 1.8 | +0.14 | – |
| | Alliance of the North | François Belanger | 136 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,588; | 100.0 | | $226,181.44 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 975 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,563 | 72.9 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 87,103 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +16.96 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 22,460 | 39.88 | -7.39 | $78,886.19 |
| | New Democratic | Tanya Fredette | 21,683 | 38.50 | +25.32 | $1,427.87 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Gaston Gourde | 8,381 | 14.88 | -9.70 | $28,148.35 |
| | Liberal | Nicole Larouche | 2,866 | 5.09 | -7.45 | $4,858.38 |
| | Green | Richard Domm | 936 | 1.66 | -0.78 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,326 | 100.0 | | $89,473.12 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 926 | 1.62 | -0.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,252 | 69.21 | +3.06 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 82,725 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -16.36 |
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2008 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 24,495 | 47.27 | -7.07 | $72,248.18 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin | 12,738 | 24.58 | -5.06 | $19,089.72 |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 6,828 | 13.18 | +6.39 | $2,654.50 |
| | Liberal | Marie-Thérèse Hovington | 6,498 | 12.54 | +7.11 | $3,272.46 |
| | Green | Shirley Picknell | 1,265 | 2.44 | -1.37 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,824 | 100.0 | | $85,174 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 908 | 1.72 | +0.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,732 | 66.15 | -2.21 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 79,721 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.00 |
2006 Canadian federal election: Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 28,236 | 54.34 | +30.20 | $45,970.43 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Odina Desrochers | 15,402 | 29.64 | -16.35 | $61,218.95 |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 3,529 | 6.79 | +2.50 | $2,346.22 |
| | Liberal | Éric Paradis | 2,820 | 5.43 | -16.02 | $17,938.01 |
| | Green | Shirley Picknell | 1,978 | 3.81 | +0.14 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,965 | 100.0 | | $78,226 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 513 | 0.98 | -1.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,478 | 68.36 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,764 |
| | Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | Swing | +23.28 |