Canadian politician

Gérard *elin (born April 19, 1950 in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec - February 9, 2013) was a Canadian politician who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Electoral record (partial)
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

*elin was a foreman, and was previously a city councillor in Baie-Comeau, Quebec from 1979 to 1993.

In his first run for federal office, in 1993, *elin won the riding of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in a landslide, finishing 16,500 votes ahead of his closest opponent. The Tory candidate finished a distant third, and nearly lost his deposit. *elin was reelected almost as easily in every election until losing to NDP challenger Jonathan Genest-Jourdain in 2011.

*elin was one of the party's few more socially conservative members. In 2005, *elin joined five other Bloc Québécois members opposing Bill C-38, which extended marriage rights to same-sex couples in Canada. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, *elin was the Bloc's Forestry critic. He also served as Natural Resources Critic.

Electoral record (partial)

References

External links

• How'd They Vote?: Gérard *elin's voting history and quotes
• Gérard *elin – Parliament of Canada biography