Gertrude Bourdon

Gertrude Bourdon (ca 1955) is a Canadian health professional and politician.

Gertrude Bourdon (2010).

Bourdon was educated at the Polyvalente de Saint-Prosper and the Cégep Limoilou.[1] She went on to study nursing at the Université Laval and public administration at the École nationale d'administration publique. In 2009, she was named director general for the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ). In 2012, she was responsible for the union of the Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec with the CHUQ. She then became president/director-general of the amalgamated network of hospitals.[2] She resigned her position in August 2018 to run for political office.[3] Bourdon was recognized as one of Canada's TOP 100 most influential women by the Women's Executive Network in 2014. In 2016, she was named to the Académie des Grands Québécois by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec. She was awarded the Prix Rachel-Bureau by the Ordre régional des infirmières et infirmiers de Québec.[2] In 2018, she was named an Officer in the Order of Canada.[4]

Following her resignation, Bourdon announced that she would run as a Quebec Liberal Party candidate in the riding of Jean-Lesage in the 2018 Quebec general election. She had already refused an offer to run as a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec.[5] It was announced that she would become Minister of Health if the Liberals formed the next government in Quebec.[6]On 1 October 2018, Bourdon lost her election (5,305 votes) to Sol Zanetti (QS 10,304) where she came in third place behind Christiane Gamache (CAQ- 9,635)

Electoral records

2018 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Québec solidaire	Sol Zanetti	10,304	34.68	+20.58[7]
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christiane Gamache	9,635	32.43	+8.65
	Liberal	Gertrude Bourdon	5,305	17.86	-19.41
	Parti Québécois	Claire Vignola	2,764	9.30	-13.10
	Conservative	Anne Deblois	520	1.75	+0.96
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	399	1.34	New
	Green	Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille	342	1.15	New
	Parti nul	Charles Verreault-Lemieux	192	0.65	-0.58
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Marie-Pierre Deschênes	153	0.51	New
	Équipe autonomiste	Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie	52	0.18	New
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Moreau	44	0.15	+0.01
Total valid votes			29,710	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Québec solidaire gain from Liberal		Swing		–

References

1. "Gertrude Bourdon, la femme forte du réseau de la santé". Le Soleil (in French). November 26, 2016.
2. "Gertrude Bourdon" (in French). Centre Jacques Cartier.
3. "Départ de Mme Gertrude Bourdon" (in French). CHU de Québec-Université Laval. August 23, 2018.
4. "Order of Canada Appointments". Governor General of Canada. June 29, 2018.
5. "Gertrude Bourdon spurns CAQ to become Quebec Liberal Party candidate". Montreal Gazette. August 24, 2018.
6. "Gertrude Bourdon : avis de recherche". Journal de Montréal (in French). August 28, 2018.
7. Percentage change calculated from combined result of Quebec solidaire and Option nationale at the 2014 election.