Gabrielle Bertrand
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1923–1999)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Gabrielle Bertrand
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| parliament = Canadian
| riding = Brome—Missisquoi
| predecessor = Riding created
| successor = Gaston Péloquin
| term_start = September 4, 1984
| term_end = October 24, 1993
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|5|15}}
| birth_place = Sweetsburg, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|9|10|1923|5|15}}
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Jean-Jacques Bertrand|1944|1973|end=died}}
| party = Progressive Conservative
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Gabrielle Bertrand (May 15, 1923 – September 10, 1999) was a Canadian politician.
Born Gabrielle Giroux in Sweetsburg, Quebec (now Cowansville), the daughter of Louis-Arthur Giroux and Juliette Bolduc, she married Jean-Jacques Bertrand in 1944, the future Union Nationale Premier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970. She was the mother of Jean-François Bertrand, a Quebec cabinet minister in the cabinet of René Lévesque.
In the 1984 election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Brome—Missisquoi. A Progressive Conservative, she was re-elected in the 1988 election. From 1984 to 1986, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare. From 1986 to 1987, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
The Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Giroux-Bertrand in Cowansville is named in her honour.
Electoral record (partial)
{{1984 Canadian federal election/Brome—Mississquoi}}
External links
- {{Quebec MNA biography|bertrand-jean-jacques-2053|text=Jean-Jacques Bertrand biography}}
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3282}}
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Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:People from Cowansville
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Women in Quebec politics
Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada