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Gabriel Desjardins

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Gabriel Desjardins (born 14 February 1949 in Montreal, Quebec) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman, professor and trader by career.

He represented the Quebec riding of Témiscamingue where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.

Desjardins left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1993 federal election by Pierre Brien of the Bloc Québécois.

Electoral record

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1984 Canadian federal election: Témiscamingue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gabriel Desjardins 20,347 50.24
Liberal Henri Tousignant 13,756 33.96
New Democratic Guy Verville 2,189 5.40
Parti nationaliste Roberte Parent 2,126 5.25
Rhinoceros Marcel Yves Bégin 1,457 3.60
Social Credit Rachel Lord 626 1.55
Total valid votes 40,501 100.00
Total rejected ballots 255
Turnout 40,756 73.11
Electors on the lists 55,749
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