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Roger Gaudet

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Roger Gaudet
Member of Parliament
for Montcalm
(Berthier—Montcalm; 2002–2004)
In office
December 9, 2002 – May 2, 2011
Preceded byMichel Bellehumeur
Succeeded byManon Perreault
Personal details
Born (1945-05-26) May 26, 1945 (age 79)
Saint-Liguori, Quebec, Canada
Political partyBloc Québécois
Residence(s)Mascouche, Quebec
ProfessionRestaurateur

Roger Gaudet (born May 26, 1945) is a Canadian politician and former restaurant owner.

Gaudet served as a councillor in Saint-Liguori from 1985 to 1989. In 1989 he was elected mayor of Saint-Liguoiri, and then in 1993 he became reeve of the Montcalm MRC. In 2002 he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election for the Bloc Québécois in the riding Berthier—Montcalm. In the 2004 Canadian federal election he was re-elected- this time in Montcalm. He briefly was the Bloc's critic to Public Works and Government services in 2004.

Gaudet was born in Saint-Liguori, Quebec.

Electoral record

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2011 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Manon Perreault 34,434 52.97 +39.1
Bloc Québécois Roger Gaudet 19,609 30.16 -25.5
Conservative Jason Fuoco 5,118 7.87 -5.6
Liberal Yves Dufour 3,501 5.39 -8.5
Green Marianne Girard 2,347 3.61 +0.5
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,009 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,183 1.79 -0.3
Turnout 66,192 61.76
Eligible voters 107,180
2008 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Roger Gaudet 33,519 55.69 $73,797
Liberal David Grégoire 8,387 13.93 $7,023
New Democratic Marie-Josée Beauchamp 8,337 13.85 none listed
Conservative Claude Marc Boudreau 8,096 13.45 $79,804
Green Michel Paulette 1,854 3.08 $722
Total valid votes 60,193 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,296
Turnout 61,489 61.73
Electors on the lists 99,604
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
2006 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Roger Gaudet 34,873 62.2 -9.0
Conservative Michel Paulette 10,812 19.3 +13.4 $6,764
Liberal Luc Fortin 4,646 8.3 -8.1 $9,690
New Democratic Nancy Leclerc 3,760 6.7 +3.5 $0
Green Wendy Gorchinsky 1,948 3.5 +0.1
Total 56,039 100.0 $86,039
2004 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Roger Gaudet 34,383 71.2 $61,436
Liberal Daniel Brazeau 7,915 16.4 $78,151
Conservative Michel Paulette 2,831 5.9 $3,730
Green Serge Bellemare 1,606 3.3 $0
New Democratic François Rivest 1,531 3.2
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,266 100.0 $81,149
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