Roger Gaudet

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

Roger Gaudet
Member of Parliament for Montcalm (Berthier—Montcalm; 2002–2004)
In office December 9, 2002 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Michel Bellehumeur
Succeeded by	Manon Perreault
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-26) May 26, 1945 Saint-Liguori, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence(s)	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

2011 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Manon Perreault	34,434	52.97	+39.1
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Gaudet	19,609	30.16	-25.5
	Conservative	Jason Fuoco	5,118	7.87	-5.6
	Liberal	Yves Dufour	3,501	5.39	-8.5
	Green	Marianne Girard	2,347	3.61	+0.5
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,009	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,183	1.79	-0.3
Turnout			66,192	61.76	–
Eligible voters			107,180	–	–

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.

2006 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Gaudet	34,873	62.2	-9.0
	Conservative	Michel Paulette	10,812	19.3	+13.4	$6,764
	Liberal	Luc Fortin	4,646	8.3	-8.1	$9,690
	New Democratic	Nancy Leclerc	3,760	6.7	+3.5	$0
	Green	Wendy Gorchinsky	1,948	3.5	+0.1
Total			56,039	100.0	–	$86,039

2004 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Gaudet	34,383	71.2	–	$61,436
	Liberal	Daniel Brazeau	7,915	16.4	–	$78,151
	Conservative	Michel Paulette	2,831	5.9	–	$3,730
	Green	Serge Bellemare	1,606	3.3	–	$0
	New Democratic	François Rivest	1,531	3.2
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,266	100.0	$81,149

External links

• Roger Gaudet – Parliament of Canada biography