Gaston Péloquin

Gaston Péloquin (11 December 1939 – 1 September 1994) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons from 1993 to 1994.

He was born in Granby, Quebec. Péloquin, who was a teacher before entering politics, was elected in the 1993 election as a Bloc Québécois candidate. However, after less than a year in office, he died in a car accident on 1 September 1994, when he crashed his car while driving on a curve near Sutton, Quebec. He was pronounced dead a local hospital, at the age of 54.

Péloquin had a son, whom he adopted from Haiti while working there as a teacher.

In the resulting byelection, he was succeeded by Denis Paradis.

Electoral record

1993 Canadian federal election: Brome—Missisquoi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Péloquin	17,836	40.76		$43,761
	Liberal	Joan Kouri	16,040	36.66	–	$50,840
	Progressive Conservative	Francine Vincelette	7,504	17.15		$52,076
	Abolitionist	Jean-Guy Peloquin	722	1.65		$0
	Natural Law	Yves Décarie	563	1.29		$52
	New Democratic Party	Sean Hutchinson	553	1.26		$392
	Non-Affiliated	Gary Wrightman	380	0.87		$4,817
	National	Edmond Séguin	156	0.36		$0
Total valid votes			43,754	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,562
Turnout			45,316	76.64
Electors on the lists			59,132
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

External links

• Gaston Péloquin – Parliament of Canada biography