riding death_date birth_place imagesize party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
chicoutimi 27 may 2007 sainte-anne-de-chicoutimi , quebec , canada 180px bloc québécois 27 july 1940 1993 gilbert fillion
 1997 gilbert fillion
gilbert fillion

gilbert fillion -lrb- 27 july 1940 in sainte-anne-de-chicoutimi , quebec -- 27 may 2007 in quebec city , quebec -rrb- was a member of the canadian house of commons from 1993 to 1997 .
he was a professor by career .
he was elected in the chicoutimi electoral district under the bloc québécois party in the 1993 federal election , thus serving in the 35th canadian parliament .
he left canadian politics after being defeated by progressive conservative candidate andré harvey in the 1997 federal election .
his son , jeff fillion , is a radio broadcaster .
he died of lung cancer on the morning of 27 may 2007 in quebec city .
