Pauline Picard
Pauline Picard (April 27, 1947 – June 29, 2009) was a Quebec politician. She was the Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Drummond from 1993 to 2008.
Pauline Picard | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Drummond | |
| In office October 25, 1993 – October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Guy Guilbault |
| Succeeded by | Roger Pomerleau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 27, 1947 Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 29, 2009 (aged 62) Drummondville, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence | Drummondville |
| Profession | administrative assistant, employment consultant, financial agent |
Born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska, she was an administrative assistant, employment consultant, and financial advisor before she was first elected in 1993. She was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004. She served as the Deputy Whip of the Bloc Québécois.
She did not run for re-election in the 2008 election. She died on June 29, 2009, after a struggle with lung cancer.[1]
Electoral record
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Drummond | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Pauline Picard | 23,670 | 56.29 | $49,554.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Roger Gougeon | 9,591 | 22.81 | – | $57,454.07 | |||
| Conservative | Lyne Boisvert | 7,123 | 16.94 | $68,072.40 | ||||
| Green | Louis Lacroix | 921 | 2.19 | none listed | ||||
| New Democratic | Blake Evans | 745 | 1.77 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,050 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,191 | |||||||
| Turnout | 43,241 | 61.33 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 70,510 | |||||||
| Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. | ||||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
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References
- (in French) "Pauline Picard meurt à 62 ans". Radio-canada.ca, June 30, 2009.
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