Gérard Asselin

Gérard Asselin
Gérard Asselin
Member of Parliament; for Manicouagan
	In office; 2004–2011
Preceded by	Ghislain Fournier
Succeeded by	Jonathan Genest-Jourdain
Member of Parliament; for Charlevoix
	In office; 1993–2004
Preceded by	Brian Mulroney
Succeeded by	riding abolished
Personal details
Born	April 19, 1950; Sainte-Flavie, Quebec
Died	February 9, 2013 (aged 62)
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Spouse	Diane Gaudreault
Residence	Baie-Comeau
Profession	Foreman

Gérard Asselin (born April 19, 1950 in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec - February 9, 2013) was a Canadian politician.^[1]

Asselin was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic. He also served as Natural Resources Critic.

In his first run for federal office, in 1993, Asselin won the riding of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in a landslide, finishing 16,500 votes ahead of his closest opponent. The Tory candidate finished a distant third, and nearly lost his deposit.^[2] Asselin was reelected almost as easily in every election until losing to NDP challenger Jonathan Genest-Jourdain in 2011.

Asselin was a foreman, and was previously a city councillor in Baie-Comeau, Quebec from 1979 to 1993.

Asselin was one of the party's few more socially conservative members. In 2005, Asselin joined five other Bloc Québécois members opposing Bill C-38, which extended marriage rights to same-sex couples in Canada.