Herb Breau

Last updated

1984 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Herb Breau
PC
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
In office
June 30, 1984 September 16, 1984
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Roger Clinch 23,52455.12+35.51
Liberal Herb Breau 16,37838.38-25.29
New Democratic Valentine Ward2,1885.13-7.71
Independent Fernand Losier5841.37
Total valid votes42,674 100.00
  Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing+30.40
1980 Canadian federal election : Gloucester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herb Breau 22,22963.67+12.06
Progressive Conservative Arthur Savoie6,84619.61-19.33
New Democratic Kevin O'Connell4,48412.84+3.39
Rhinoceros Jules César Boudreau7362.11
Rhinoceros Amédé "le Terrible" Boucher3621.04
Independent Rose-Hélène Aubé1970.56
Marxist–Leninist Gary Zatzman590.17
Total valid votes34,913 100.00
  Liberal holdSwing+15.7%
lop.parl.ca
1979 Canadian federal election : Gloucester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herb Breau 18,38751.61-5.44
Progressive Conservative Gastien Godin13,87238.94+15.79
New Democratic Kevin O'Connell3,3669.45+3.51
Total valid votes35,625 100.00
1974 Canadian federal election : Gloucester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herb Breau 16,19557.05+6.44
Progressive Conservative Gérard Arseneau6,57123.15-1.47
Social Credit Lomer Basque3,93513.86-2.12
New Democratic Yvon Guignard1,6855.94+4.08
Total valid votes28,386 100.00
1972 Canadian federal election : Gloucester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herb Breau 14,21250.61-4.42
Progressive Conservative Paul Duval6,91424.62-15.81
Social Credit Lomer Basque4,48715.98Ø
Independent Percy W. Cormier1,1093.95
Independent Mathilda Blanchard8392.99
New Democratic Joe Corbin5211.86-2.68
Total valid votes28,082 100.00
1968 Canadian federal election : Gloucester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herb Breau 12,19655.03-5.58
Progressive Conservative Frédéric Arsenault,896040.43+13.17
New Democratic Florian Robichaud1,0074.54-7.59
Total valid votes22,163100.00

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Turner</span> Prime Minister of Canada in 1984

John Napier Wyndham Turner was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition from 1984 to 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allan MacEachen</span> Canadian politician

Allan Joseph MacEachen was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as a senator and several times as a Cabinet minister. He was the first deputy prime minister of Canada and served from 1977 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)</span> Canadian federal cabinet position

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the Government of Canada's international relations and is the lead minister responsible for Global Affairs Canada, though the minister of international trade leads on trade issues. In addition to Global Affairs Canada, the minister is also the lead in overseeing the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development and the International Development Research Centre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lloyd Axworthy</span> Canadian politician

Lloyd Norman Axworthy is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament, he served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg from 2004 to 2014 and as chancellor of St. Paul's University College. He is currently the Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council.

David Michael Collenette, PC OOnt is a former Canadian politician. From 1974, until his retirement from politics in 2004, he was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. A graduate from York University's Glendon College in 1969, he subsequently received his MA, in 2004 and LL.D for education in 2015 from the same university. He was first elected in the York East riding of Toronto to the House of Commons on 8 July 1974, in the Pierre Trudeau government and returned to Parliament in 1993 representing Don Valley East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don Boudria</span> Canadian politician

Don Boudria is a former Canadian politician and current senior associate at Sandstone Group, an Ottawa-based executive advisory firm. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 2006 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Cassidy (Canadian politician)</span> Canadian politician (born 1937)

Michael Morris Cassidy is a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1984, and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988. Cassidy was the leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario from 1978 to 1982.

John Carr Munro was a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 election, and served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton, Ontario in the electoral riding of Hamilton East until his resignation in 1984, following his defeat for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada which was eventually won by John Turner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Nunziata</span> Canadian lawyer and former politician

John Nunziata is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. He first served as an Alderman in the Borough of York from 1978 to 1982. He served three terms as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons of Canada from York South-Weston and in 1997 was elected as an Independent MP. As of March, 2013, he was a partner in the lobbying firm The Parliamentary Group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Zed</span> Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician

Paul Zed is a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.

Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monte Kwinter</span> Canadian politician (1931–2023)

Monte Kwinter was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 until 2018. He represented the ridings of Wilson Heights from 1985 to 1999, and York Centre from 1999 to 2018. Kwinter was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990 and also in Dalton McGuinty's government from 2003 to 2007. Kwinter was the oldest person ever to be an MPP in Ontario, although at his death, Raymond Cho (politician), was seven months shy of surpassing him.

Louis Ralph "Bud" Sherman was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the House of Commons of Canada during the 1960s and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1984, serving as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.

Jean-Jacques Blais is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nipissing in the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1984. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier, PC is a Canadian politician, businessman and labour leader. He was mayor of Longueuil, Quebec, from 2001 until 2005 and is a former Member of Parliament.

Edward C. Lumley, is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician.

Joseph Roger Rémi Bujold, is a Canadian lawyer and former politician.

Thomas A. Hockin, is a Canadian academic, businessman and former politician.

Thomas Patrick Reid is a businessman and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal-Labour member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1984 who represented the northern Ontario riding of Rainy River. He served as president of the Ontario Mining Association from 1987 to 2004 and has served on the boards of several mining companies.

The 1990 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was held on 23 June 1990 at the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. The party chose former Deputy Prime Minister Jean Chrétien as its new leader, replacing the outgoing leader, former Prime Minister John Turner.

References

  1. "Board of Directors". Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy. Retrieved November 17, 2015.