Gaston Tremblay
# Gaston Tremblay

Gaston Tremblay (April 16, 1924 – July 11, 1998) was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

## Background

He was born in Quebec City on April 16, 1924 and became a physician.

## Mayor

Tremblay served as Mayor of Beauport, Quebec from 1961 to 1970.

## Member of the legislature

He unsuccessfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1962 election in the provincial district of Quebec County. Tremblay was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1966 election and represented the district of Montmorency.

He crossed the floor on October 30, 1968 to sit as an Independent. He then joined the Parti nationaliste chrétien, and then in 1969, he joined the Ralliement créditiste and became its first sitting member in the provincial legislature.

Tremblay ran as a Ralliement créditiste candidate and was defeated in the 1970 and 1973 elections.

## Electoral history

In Montmorency (provincial electoral district)

1973 Quebec general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Marcel Bédard | 15,248 | 51.89 |
| | Parti Québécois | Clément Richard | 9,275 | 31.56 |
| | Parti créditiste | Gaston Tremblay | 3,863 | 13.15 |
| | Union Nationale | Pierre Linteau | 999 | 3.40 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,385 | 97.63 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 714 | 2.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,099 | 84.52 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 35,610 | – |

1970 Quebec general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Louis Vézina | 9,714 | 32.65 |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Gaston Tremblay | 9,674 | 32.51 |
| | Union Nationale | J.-Eugène Houde | 6,337 | 21.30 |
| | Parti Québécois | Gérard Langlois | 3,729 | 12.53 |
| | Independent | Jean-Guy Bolduc | 300 | 1.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,753 | 97.84 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 657 | 2.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,410 | 87.35 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 34,812 | – |

1966 Quebec general election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Union Nationale | Gaston Tremblay | 14,151 | 54.25 |
| | Liberal | Réal Therrien | 9,627 | 36.90 |
| | RIN | Guy Pouliot | 1,423 | 5.46 |
| | Ralliement national | Maurice Talbot | 885 | 3.39 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,086 | 98.01 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 529 | 1.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,615 | 82.94 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 32,091 | – |
