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 byHubert Desbiens
Succeeded byJacques Côté
Personal details
Born (1940-01-27) January 27, 1940 (age 84)
La Baie, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois
ProfessionPolitician

Biography

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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

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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.[1]

Electoral record

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Provincial

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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

References

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