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Gabriel Fontaine (born 17 September 1940 in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Quebec) was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a chartered administrator and consultant by career.
He represented the Quebec riding of Lévis where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments. Fontaine did not seek a third term in Parliament and left federal politics in 1993.
| 1984 Canadian federal election : Lévis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gabriel Fontaine | 32,338 | ||||||
| Liberal | Gaston Gourde | 17,283 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Paul Harney | 12,076 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Antoine Dubé | 1,649 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Raymond Emiliano Marquis | 1,630 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Jean-Paul Rhéaume | 216 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election : Lévis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gabriel Fontaine | 33,673 | ||||||
| Liberal | Denis Sonier | 13,002 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Paul Harney | 11,501 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Jean-Paul Rhéaume | 445 | ||||||
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