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Pierre Gauthier
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Portneuf
In office
1927–1935
Member of Parliament
for Portneuf
In office
January 1936 – March 1958
Personal details
Born(1894-08-31)31 August 1894
Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
Died6 July 1972(1972-07-06) (aged 77)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Bloc populaire
Spouse(s)Carmen Bélair
(m. 24 September 1921)
Professionphysician

Pierre Gauthier (31 August 1894 – 6 July 1972) was a Liberal party and a Bloc populaire member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Gauthier was born in Deschambault, Quebec and became a physician in 1921 after studies at Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade of the Séminaire de Québec then at Université Laval.

He entered provincial politics under the Quebec Liberal Party after winning a provincial by-election in Portneuf electoral district on 31 October 1927. He was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1931 general election, then defeated in 1935. He was provincial Liberal party whip from 1931 to 1935.

On 27 January 1936, Gauthier won a federal by-election at the Portneuf riding, becoming a Liberal party member of Parliament. He was re-elected there in 1940. In 1941 and 1942, he served as a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. In 1943, he left the federal Liberals to join the Bloc populaire party which was opposed to World War II conscription.

Gauthier resigned his federal seat on 20 July 1944 in an unsuccessful bid to win a seat for the Quebec provincial wing of the Bloc populaire. Gauthier returned to the federal Liberals and was re-elected to Parliament in 1945. He was re-elected for further federal terms in 1949, 1953 and 1957. He was defeated in 1958 by Aristide Rompré of the Progressive Conservative party.

Electoral record

1958 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Aristide Rompré 11,386 53.2 +11.5
Liberal (x)Pierre Gauthier 10,031 46.8 -11.5
Total valid votes 21,417 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (x)Pierre Gauthier 11,328 58.3 -11.6
Progressive Conservative Aristide Rompré 8,102 41.7 +11.6
Total valid votes 19,430 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (x)Pierre Gauthier 12,701 69.9 +11.0
Progressive Conservative Louis Tardivel 5,479 30.1 -2.5
Total valid votes 18,180 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (x)Pierre Gauthier 10,932 58.8 +6.3
Progressive Conservative Rosaire Chalifour 6,069 32.7
Union des électeurs J.-Henri Doré 1,579 8.5 +2.1
Total valid votes 18,580 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (x)Pierre Gauthier 8,994 52.6 -15.0
Independent Jean-Charles Magnan 7,021 41.0
Social Credit Raymond Dussault 1,094 6.4
Total valid votes 17,109 100.0
1940 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal (x)Pierre Gauthier 10,033 67.6 +28.9
Independent Liberal Laurent Giroux 2,676 18.0
National Government J.-O. Pronovost 2,141 14.4 -18.9
Total valid votes 14,850 100.0

Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1935 general election. "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

By-election on 27 January 1936

Cannon accepted an office of emolument
under the Crown, 15 January 1936

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pierre Gauthier acclaimed

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded byLucien Cannon Member of Parliament from Portneuf
1936-1958 		Succeeded byAristide Rompré
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