Roland Godin
Roland Godin (11 October 1926[1] – 22 June 2009) was a Ralliement créditiste and Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a manager by career.
Roland Godin | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Portneuf | |
| In office November 1965 – May 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Louis Frenette |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Bussières |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1926 Neuville, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 22 June 2009 (aged 82) Donnacona, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Social Credit |
| Profession | manager |
Godin was born in Neuville, Quebec. He was first elected to Parliament at the Portneuf riding in the 1965 general election and re-elected in the 1968 and 1972. From 1966 to 1971, his party was known as the Ralliement créditiste. Godin was defeated in the 1974 federal election by Pierre Bussières of the Liberal party.
He ran for the Ralliement créditiste du Québec in the 1976 provincial election and finished fourth against Liberal incumbent Michel Pagé in Portneuf.[2]
Godin died at Donnacona, Quebec on 22 June 2009.[1]
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Portneuf | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Pierre Bussières | 25,620 | 48.8 | +5.9 | ||||
| Social Credit | (x)Roland Godin | 19,456 | 37.1 | -6.8 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fernand Paquet | 4,427 | 8.4 | -0.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Hervé Gauthier | 2,980 | 5.7 | +1.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 52,483 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Portneuf | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | (x)Roland Godin | 23,626 | 43.9 | -4.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Claude Bernard | 23,113 | 42.9 | +6.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Luc Godin | 4,664 | 8.7 | -3.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rémi Morissette | 2,430 | 4.5 | +1.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 53,833 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Portneuf | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | (x)Roland Godin | 18,328 | 48.3 | +14.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Jules Lapierre | 13,965 | 36.8 | +9.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Martineau | 4,519 | 11.9 | -5.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | Fernand Drolet | 1,126 | 3.0 | +2.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,938 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Portneuf | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Roland Godin | 6,539 | 33.6 | -22.8 | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Neilson | 5,390 | 27.7 | -5.6 | ||||
| Independent | (x)Jean-Louis Frenette | 3,725 | 19.2 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gilbert Ouellet | 3,400 | 17.5 | +15.2 | ||||
| Independent PC | Louis-Philippe Bertrand | 213 | 1.1 | |||||
| New Democratic | Fernand Lepage | 184 | 0.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 19,451 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
References
- "Godin, Roland". Avis de deces.ca. Retrieved 6 July 2009. Obituary claims death at 83 years, 8 months, which would make the birthdate c. October 1925 instead of 1926 as indicated in Parliament of Canada biography.
- Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 8 January 2011.