Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (born June 6, 1938) is a Canadian nurse, professor and politician.
Dalphond-Gurial was a registered nurse by training and later a professor of nursing. She was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Bloc Québécois MP for the riding of Laval Centre in the 1993 federal election. She served as Official Opposition Deputy Whip from 1994 to 1996, Chief BQ Whip from 1996 to 1997 and again as Deputy Whip until 2000. She also served in the BQ shadow cabinet as Citizenship and Immigration Critic from 2000 to 2004. She did not run in the 2004 federal election.
Electoral record (partial)
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Laval Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | 31,462 | 55.19 | $36,514 | ||||
| Liberal | Guymond Fortin | 19,031 | 33.39 | – | $55,391 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bruno Fortier | 4,548 | 7.98 | $38,006 | ||||
| Natural Law | Yvon Dodier | 675 | 1.18 | $2,842 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Afsun Qureshi | 640 | 1.12 | $400 | ||||
| National | Joe De Santis | 252 | 0.44 | $55 | ||||
| Commonwealth | Michel Destroismaisons | 221 | 0.39 | $0 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Emilien Martel | 174 | 0.31 | $1,848 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,003 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 2,200 | |||||||
| Turnout | 59,203 | 79.48 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 74,485 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
External links
- The Politics of Empathy By Darren Boisvert - A Canadian nurse injects her ward experiences into the halls of Parliament.
- Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral – Parliament of Canada biography
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by Jacques Tétreault | Member of Parliament for Laval Centre 1993–2004 | Succeeded by Electoral district was abolished in 2003 |