Gertrude Bourdon

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Gertrude Bourdon (2010).

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

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  [ fr ] by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec  [ fr ]. 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

Quebec provincial by-election, December 2, 2019
On the resignation of Sébastien Proulx
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Joëlle Boutin 9,95043.38+14.81
Liberal Gertrude Bourdon5,74225.03-7.54
Québec solidaire Olivier Bolduc3,88816.95-2.22
Parti Québécois Sylvain Barrette2,1379.32-5.14
Green Émilie Coulombe6402.79+0.99
Conservative Éric Barnabé2331.02-0.81
Independent Ali Dahan2060.90+0.20
Citoyens au pouvoir Stéphane Blais850.37-
Indépendence du QuébecMichel Blondin320.14-
Équipe autonomiste Stéphane Pouleur230.10-0.48
Total valid votes22,93699.53
Total rejected ballots1090.47-0.71
Turnout23,04549.18-25.98
Electors on the lists46,857
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +11.18
2018 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Québec solidaire Sol Zanetti 10,30434.68+20.58 [7]
Coalition Avenir Québec Christiane Gamache9,63532.43+8.65
Liberal Gertrude Bourdon5,30517.86-19.41
Parti Québécois Claire Vignola2,7649.30-13.10
Conservative Anne Deblois5201.75+0.96
New Democratic Raymond Côté 3991.34New
Green Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille3421.15New
Parti nul Charles Verreault-Lemieux1920.65-0.58
Citoyens au pouvoir Marie-Pierre Deschênes1530.51New
Équipe autonomiste Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie520.18New
Marxist–Leninist Claude Moreau440.15+0.01
Total valid votes29,710100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Québec solidaire gain from Liberal Swing

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References

  1. "Gertrude Bourdon, la femme forte du réseau de la santé". Le Soleil (in French). November 26, 2016.
  2. 1 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.