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Gilles Labbé
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Masson
In office
December 14, 1998 – April 14, 2003
Preceded byYves Blais
Succeeded byLuc Thériault
Personal details
Born (1948-03-09) March 9, 1948 (age 76)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois
ProfessionAid officer

Gilles Labbé (born March 9, 1948) is a Quebec politician. He served as the member for Masson as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1998 until 2003.

Biography

Labbé was a team leader and socio-economic aid officer for the City of Montreal for almost 30 years.

Political career

Labbé served as a Le Gardeur municipal councillor from 1982 until 1994 and then became the mayor from 1994 until his election. He also served concurrently as Prefect of L'Assomption Regional County Municipality from 1996 until 1998.

Labbé was named as a replacement candidate for Yves Blais, who died of a heart attack eight days before the 1998 election, for the district of Masson, and won in an election that was postponed until 12 December of that year. He served as a backbench supporter in the Bouchard government and the Landry government, serving as Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of State for Administration and the Public Service and President of the Treasury board in the latter.

He did not seek re-election in 2003.[1]

Electoral record

Provincial

1998 Quebec general election: Masson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Gilles Labbé 17,529 64.03 -0.16
Action démocratique Éric Parent 4,914 17.95 +4.84
Liberal Marc-André Plante 4,453 16.27 -4.62
Bloc Pot Philippe Humphreys 295 1.08
Socialist Democracy Marco Legrand 143 0.52
Independent George Butcher 42 0.15
Total valid votes 27,376 99.06
Total rejected ballots 261 0.94
Turnout 27,637 60.15 -22.56
Electors on the lists 45,949
Note: The 1998 election was postponed to December 14, 1998 in Masson due to the death of a candidate
Parti Québécois hold Swing +2.39

References