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Gérard Pelletier PC (French: [pɛltje] ; June 21, 1919 – June 22, 1997) was a Canadian journalist and politician. [1]
Pelletier initially worked as a journalist for Le Devoir , a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-in-chief of the Montreal daily and North America's largest French circulating newspaper, La Presse. Pelletier, with other French-Canadian intellectuals, Pierre Elliott Trudeau included, founded the journal Cité Libre . First elected to Parliament in 1965, he served as a member of the cabinet of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
In 1964 he made a small appearance in Denis Héroux's student film Over My Head (Jusqu'au cou), as himself in a political debate. [2]
Pelletier met Trudeau while studying in France and worked with him and Jean Marchand during the Asbestos Strike of 1949 in Quebec. Dubbed the "Three Wise Men" in English and Les trois colombes (The three doves) in French, they entered politics at the same time in the federal election of 1965. The trio was recruited by Liberal prime minister Lester Pearson to help derail the rising Quebec separatist movement.
He served in various cabinet posts in the Trudeau government until 1975 (Secretary of State: 1968–1973, Minister of Communications: 1973–5), when he left the Liberal caucus and became ambassador to France and then ambassador to the United Nations (1981–1984). In 1978 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
| 1974 Canadian federal election : Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 10,561 | 49.86 | +5.52 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Lavoie | 6,435 | 30.38 | +5.91 | ||||
| Social Credit | Lucien Mallette | 2,258 | 10.66 | |||||
| New Democratic | Roger Hébert | 1,461 | 6.90 | -10.92 | ||||
| Independent | Jean Poitras | 190 | 0.90 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Robert Lévesque | 181 | 0.85 | |||||
| Communist | Guy Désautels | 95 | 0.45 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,181 | 100.00 | ||||||
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| 1972 Canadian federal election : Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 11,235 | 44.34 | -10.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Lavoie | 6,199 | 24.47 | -1.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Raymond-Gérard Laliberté | 4,515 | 17.82 | +5.07 | ||||
| Independent | Gérard Contant | 2,171 | 8.57 | |||||
| Independent | Jacques Ferron | 879 | 3.47 | |||||
| Independent | Françoise Lévesque | 338 | 1.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,337 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election : Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 12,080 | 55.14 | +7.39 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Gagnon | 5,720 | 26.11 | +6.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | René Nantel | 2,793 | 12.75 | -6.88 | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Dollard Desormeaux | 1,122 | 5.12 | -8.83 | ||||
| Communist | Jeannette Walsh | 192 | 0.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,907 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election : Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 11,929 | 47.76 | +1.39 | ||||
| New Democratic | Claude Richer | 4,902 | 19.62 | +7.61 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marius Heppell | 4,662 | 18.66 | +4.88 | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Fernand Bourret | 3,486 | 13.96 | -12.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,979 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
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