CREATE TABLE "candidates" (
  "riding" text,
  "candidate_s_name" text,
  "gender" text,
  "residence" text,
  "occupation" text,
  "votes" real,
  "rank" text
);

Question: What gender is Luc Desnoyers?
SQL: SELECT "gender" FROM "candidates" WHERE "candidate_s_name"='luc desnoyers';

Question: What is the highest number of votes for the French Professor?
SQL: SELECT MAX("votes") FROM "candidates" WHERE "occupation"='french professor';