Gérard-Raymond Morin

Gérard-Raymond Morin (born January 17, 1940) is a Quebec politician. He served as the member for Dubuc in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1989 until 1998.

Gérard-Raymond Morin
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Dubuc
In office September 25, 1989 – November 30, 1998
Preceded by	Hubert Desbiens
Succeeded by	Jacques Côté
Personal details
Born	(1940-01-27) January 27, 1940 La Baie, Quebec
Political party	Parti Québécois
Profession	Politician

Biography

Morin graduated in commerce from the Collège Saint-Joseph in La Baie in 1958. He was employed at Consolidated-Bathurst as a paper-maker.

He was the President of the Consolidated-Bathurst Plant National Union from 1976 to 1982.

Political career

Morin was a municipal councillor from 1980 to 1984 and then became Mayor of La Baie from 1984 to 1988. He ran in Dubuc in 1989 and won, he was re-elected without any difficulty in 1994 as the Parti Québécois formed the government

He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister responsible for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region in the Bouchard government.

He did not seek re-election in 1998.

Electoral record

Provincial

1994 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Gérard-Raymond Morin	16,759	63.50
	Liberal	Jeanne Lavoie	7,142	27.06
	Action démocratique	Jean-François Simard	2,162	8.19
	Natural Law	Daniel Gaudet	328	1.24
Total valid votes			26,391	98.54
Total rejected ballots			392	1.46
Turnout			26,783	77.74
Electors on the lists			34.450	–

1989 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Gérard-Raymond Morin	12,589	54.91
	Liberal	Antonin Tremblay	10,337	45.09
Total valid votes			22,926	96.49
Total rejected ballots			833	3.51
Turnout			23,759	73.07
Electors on the lists			32,517	–