Pauline Picard
Member of Parliament
for Drummond
In office
October 25, 1993  October 14, 2008
Preceded byJean-Guy Guilbault
Succeeded byRoger Pomerleau
Personal details
Born(1947-04-27)April 27, 1947
Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
DiedJune 29, 2009(2009-06-29) (aged 62)
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Political partyBloc Québécois
ResidenceDrummondville
Professionadministrative assistant, employment consultant, financial agent

Pauline Picard (April 27, 1947 June 29, 2009) was a Quebec politician. She was the Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Drummond from 1993 to 2008.

Born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska, she was an administrative assistant, employment consultant, and financial advisor before she was first elected in 1993. She was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004. She served as the Deputy Whip of the Bloc Québécois.

She did not run for re-election in the 2008 election. She died on June 29, 2009, after a struggle with lung cancer.[1]

Electoral record

2004 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisPauline Picard23,67056.29$49,554.16
LiberalRoger Gougeon9,59122.81$57,454.07
ConservativeLyne Boisvert7,12316.94$68,072.40
GreenLouis Lacroix9212.19none listed
New DemocraticBlake Evans7451.77none listed
Total valid votes 42,050 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,191
Turnout 43,241 61.33
Electors on the lists 70,510
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

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