Gilbert Paquette

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Gilbert Paquette
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Born (1942-10-19) October 19, 1942 (age 81)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma mater University of Maine (France)
Occupation(s)University professor, researcher, politician

Gilbert Paquette (born October 19, 1942) is a Canadian university professor, businessman, researcher and politician. Paquette is a researcher at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le téléapprentissage (CIRTA-LICEF), which he founded in 1992. He was National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Rosemont from 1976 to 1985 under the Parti Québécois banner and in the final months of his second term as an Independent MNA.

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Gilbert Paquette is a professor at UQAM. He holds a master's degree in computer science and mathematics and a doctorate from the University of Maine in artificial intelligence and education. He holds a Canada Research Chair. He was the scientific director of the LORNET network, arguably the largest Canadian Semantic Web initiative. LORNET ran in the period 2003–2008.

He has been the keynote speaker at several international conferences and he is on the board of five journals. Paquette has also founded two companies, Micro-Intel (1987–1991) and Cogigraph (1999–2004).

Paquette was Minister of Sciences and Technology from 1982 to 1984 in the Parti Québécois government of René Lévesque, but left the party in the last few months of his term. He made a comeback on the political scene in 2005 when he joined the Parti Québécois leadership election to succeed Bernard Landry. On November 10, 2005, he withdrew from the race and asked his supporters to vote for Pauline Marois.

In the 2015 Canadian federal election, he ran for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, finishing third.

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Electoral record (partial)

2015 Canadian federal election : LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal David Lametti 23,60343.90+25.60$93,016.24
New Democratic Hélène LeBlanc 15,56628.95-16.22$46,314.39
Bloc Québécois Gilbert Paquette 9,16417.05-6.39$43,806.34
Conservative Mohammad Zamir3,7136.91-2.83
Green Lorraine Banville1,7173.19+0.63
Total valid votes/expense limit53,763100.00 $221,667.78
Total rejected ballots8231.51
Turnout54,58665.12
Eligible voters83,824
Source: Elections Canada [1] [2]
1981 Quebec general election : Rosemont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti Québécois Gilbert Paquette 17,13752.69
Liberal Gérard Latulippe 14,43444.38
Union Nationale Nicole Caron5881.81
Workers Communist Jocelyne Lachapelle2140.66
Workers Réal Labonté1090.34
Marxist–Leninist Francine Tremblay420.13
Total valid votes32,524100.00
Rejected and declined votes364
Turnout32,88882.69
Electors on the lists39,775

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National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by MNA for Rosemont
19761985
Succeeded by