Gaston Isabelle

Joseph Gaston Isabelle (14 November 1920, in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec) – 4 June 2013)[1][2] was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a physician by career.[3]

Isabelle was educated at the University of Ottawa and the Université de Montréal and went on to practice in Hull and Lucerne.[4] He was mayor of Lucerne from 1961 to 1965. He was first elected in the 1965 federal election at the Gatineau electoral district. In the 1968 federal election, Isabelle campaigned in the Hull electoral district where he was re-elected in successive elections until the 1984 general election, at which point his riding was known as Hull—Aylmer.[3]

Isabelle left federal politics in 1988 after successful re-elections in all successive campaigns. He served seven consecutive terms of office from the 27th through 33rd Canadian Parliaments.[3]

He married Madeleine Sara-Bournet in 1946.[4]

Electoral record
1980 Canadian federal election: Hull
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGaston Isabelle27,93868.13
New DemocraticMichel Légère10,05924.53
Progressive ConservativeRoland Lefebvre2,1675.28
RhinocerosSylvain Dompierre5981.46–
Non-AffiliatedMarc Bonhomme1740.42
Marxist–LeninistPierre Soublière700.17
Total valid votes 41,006 100.00
Total rejected ballots 200
Turnout 41,206 69.66
Electors on the lists 59,150
1979 Canadian federal election: Hull
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGaston Isabelle30,41370.18
New DemocraticMichel Légère7,17516.56
Social CreditJean Tessier2,3575.44
Progressive ConservativeJean-Paul St-Amand2,3205.35
RhinocerosPierre Cantin8351.93
Union populaireRené Coté1320.30
Marxist–LeninistPierre Soublière1060.24
Total valid votes 43,338 100.00
Total rejected ballots 311
Turnout 43,649 76.88
Electors on the lists 56,777

References
  1. "Décès du docteur Gaston Isabelle" (in French).
  2. Gaston Isabelle Obituary
  3. Gaston Isabelle – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.


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