Gaétan Barrette

Doctor Gaétan Barrette MNA
Minister of Health
In office April 23, 2014 – October 18, 2018
Premier	Philippe Couillard
Preceded by	Réjean Hébert
Succeeded by	Danielle McCann
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for La Pinière
Incumbent
Assumed office April 7, 2014
Preceded by	Fatima Houda-Pepin
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-05) July 5, 1956 La Tuque, Quebec
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party Coalition Avenir Québec (formerly)
Residence(s)	Brossard, Quebec
Alma mater	Université de Montréal University of Grenoble University of California, San Diego
Profession	Radiologist

Gaétan Barrette (born July 5, 1956) is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of La Pinière as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Prior to his election to the legislature, he was a radiologist at Montreal's Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. He ran in the 2012 election as a candidate of the Coalition Avenir Québec in Terrebonne, but ran as a Liberal in 2014. He was named Minister of Health and Social Services on April 24, 2014. His tenure as heath minister was consider controversial that Leader Philippe Couillard has instead tapped Getrude Bourdon, who resigned from her role as the CEO of the Laval University hospital to run as a candidate in the riding of Jean-Lesage if the party won the 2018 election.

Electoral record

2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gaétan Barrette	15,476	47.07	-11.22
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Sylvia Baronian	9,480	28.83	+16.25
	Québec solidaire	Marie Pagès	3,300	10.04	+6.16
	Parti Québécois	Suzanne Gagnon	2,921	8.88	-15.6
	Green	Aziza Dini	585	1.78	-0.13
	Conservative	Anwar El Youbi	435	1.32	+0.66
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	354	1.08	New
	Independent	Patrick Hayes	168	0.51	-
	Independent	Fang Hu	161	0.49	-
Total valid votes			32,869	98.69	-0.16
Total rejected ballots			390	1.31	+0.16
Turnout			33,304	61.07	-13.7
Electors on the lists			54,534	-	-

2014 Quebec general election: La Pinière
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gaétan Barrette	25,955	58.29	+9.04
	Independent	Fatima Houda-Pepin	10,452	23.47	-25.78
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jin Kim	5,600	12.58	-11.91
	Québec solidaire	Johane Beaupré	1,728	3.88	-0.51
	Option nationale	François Létourneau-Prézeau	534	1.20	+0.16
	Conservative	Sebastian Fernandez	256	0.57	-0.07
Total valid votes			44,525	98.85	–
Total rejected ballots			520	1.15	–
Turnout			45,045	74.77	+2.64
Electors on the lists			60,247	–	–

2012 Quebec general election: Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Mathieu Traversy	19,077	44.53	-0.69
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gaétan Barrette	15,429	36.02	+14.45*
	Liberal	Josée Gingras	5,646	13.18	-14.33
	Québec solidaire	Yan Smith	1,380	3.22	+0.61
	Green	Benoit Carignan	635	1.48	-1.61
	Option nationale	Marc-André Dénommée	510	1.19	–
	Coalition pour la constituante	Patrick Dubé	160	0.37	–
Total valid votes			42,837	98.72	–
Total rejected ballots			554	1.28	–
Turnout			43,391	80.21	+19.74
Electors on the lists			54,100	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

External links

• National Assembly profile