Gérard Loiselle

Gérard Loiselle (April 15, 1921 - December 22, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He was an eight-term Member of the House of Commons and was a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

Federal politics

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Loiselle successfully ran as an Independent Liberal candidate in the district of Sainte-Anne in 1957 defeating the official Liberal nominee. He was re-elected as a Liberal in 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1965. He ran in the district of Saint-Henri in 1968 and won. He was re-elected in 1972 and 1974. He did not run for re-election in 1979.

He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration from 1968 to 1960 and to the Minister of Transport from 1969 to 1970.[1][2]

City Councillor

He was elected to Montreal's City Council as an Independent candidate in 1950 in the district of Sainte-Anne. He was re-elected in 1954, 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1966. He did not run for re-election in 1970.

Electoral record (partial)

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	LOISELLE, Gérard	7,771
	Liberal	HUSHION, William James	4,254
	Progressive Conservative	SULLIVAN, Gerald E.	2,807
	Independent Liberal	SOWERY, Cliff	902

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LOISELLE, Gérard	8,289
	Progressive Conservative	SULLIVAN, Gerald	5,941
	Independent	COLLETTE, Albert	1,256
	Co-operative Commonwealth	KING, Paul Francis	394

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LOISELLE, Gérard	7,737
	Progressive Conservative	SULLIVAN, Gerald	4,478
	New Democratic	MULCAHY, Bernard	627
	Social Credit	HAMLET, Thomas James	381

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LOISELLE, Gérard	7,215
	Social Credit	COLLETTE, Albert	2,830
	Progressive Conservative	VANLOO, A. Peter	1,963
	New Democratic	MULCAHY, Bernard	753

1965 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Anne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	6,150	59.60
	Progressive Conservative	George Neill	2,283	22.12
	Ralliement créditiste	Eugène Caraghiaur	1,060	10.27
	New Democratic	Martin J. Ranalli	826	8.00
Total valid votes			10,319
Total rejected ballots			254
Turnout			10,573	64.02
Electors on the lists			16,515

1968 Canadian federal election: Saint-Henri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard Loiselle	12,792	63.45
	Independent	Pierre Sévigny	3,499	17.35
	New Democratic	Gérard Philipps	1,491	7.40
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Hogue	972	4.82
	Ralliement créditiste	Joseph Ranger	608	3.02
	Independent Liberal	William Gaudreau	465	2.31
	Independent	Lomer Pilote	335	1.66
Total valid votes			20,162
Total rejected ballots			704
Turnout			20,866	57.73
Electors on the lists			36,143

Footnotes

1. Gérard Loiselle – Parliament of Canada biography
2. Commons, Canada Parliament House of (1969-01-01). Debates: Official Report. Queen's Printer.