Roger Gaudet

Roger Gaudet (born May 26, 1945) is a Canadian politician and former restaurant owner.

Roger Gaudet MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montcalm
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	new riding
Succeeded by	Manon Perreault
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Berthier—Montcalm
In office December 12, 2002 – 2004
Preceded by	Michel Bellehumeur
Succeeded by	riding abolished
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-26) May 26, 1945 Saint-Liguori, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Mascouche, Quebec
Profession	restaurateur

Gaudet served as a councillor in Saint-Liguori from 1985 to 1989. In 1989 he was elected mayor of Saint-Liguoiri, and then in 1993 he became reeve of the Montcalm MRC. In 2002 he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election for the Bloc Québécois in the riding Berthier—Montcalm. In the 2004 Canadian federal election he was re-elected- this time in Montcalm. He briefly was the Bloc's critic to Public Works and Government services in 2004.

Gaudet was born in Saint-Liguori, Quebec.

Electoral record (incomplete)

2008 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Gaudet	33,519	55.69		$73,797
	Liberal	David Grégoire	8,387	13.93	–	$7,023
	New Democratic	Marie-Josée Beauchamp	8,337	13.85		none listed
	Conservative	Claude Marc Boudreau	8,096	13.45		$79,804
	Green	Michel Paulette	1,854	3.08	–	$722
Total valid votes			60,193	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,296
Turnout			61,489	61.73
Electors on the lists			99,604
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

External links

• Roger Gaudet – Parliament of Canada biography