What is Gilles Grondin?
'''Gilles Grondin''' (3 February 1943 – 18 July 2005) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]]. He was the mayor of [[Shawinigan-Sud, Quebec|Shawinigan-Sud]], [[Quebec]] from 1977 to 1985. He was also a [[member of Parliament]] (MP) in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1986 to 1988. He [[representation (politics)|represented]] the [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral area]] of [[Saint-Maurice (electoral district)|Saint-Maurice]]. During this time, he was a part of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]. As a politician, he was the mayor of Shawinigan-Sud for two [[term of office|terms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shawinigan.ca/Ville/gilles-grondin_115.html|title=1999 - Gilles Grondin|last=St-Onge|first=François|website=Ville de Shawinigan|language=fr|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228071734/http://www.shawinigan.ca/Ville/gilles-grondin_115.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He did not try to get elected for a third time. Instead, he was elected in a [[by-election]] in 1986 to replace [[Jean Chrétien]]. This was for the [[Canadian federalism|federal]] House of Commons. In the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]], he did not run for re-election. He was replaced by [[Denis Pronovost]], who was a part of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]]. Grondin died in 2005. He had [[cancer]] for a very long time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/mauricie/nouvelles/200507/22/002-grondin.shtml|title=Les funérailles de Gilles Grondin auront lieu samedi en l'église Saint-Sauveur|date=22 July 2005|work=[[Radio-Canada]]|language=fr|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=4233}} {{multistub|bio|politics|canada}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grondin, Gilles}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Canada]] [[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Q