Linda Goupil

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1961)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Linda Goupil | image = | caption = | cabinet = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|05|13}} | birth_place = [[Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec|Saint-Léon-de-Standon]], [[Quebec]] | death_date = | death_place = | profession = lawyer | party = [[Parti Québécois]] | other_party = | office = [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]] for [[Lévis (provincial electoral district)|Lévis]] | term_start = 1998 | term_end = 2003 | predecessor = [[Jean Garon]] | successor = [[Carole Théberge]] | portfolio = | footnotes = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | spouse = }} '''Linda Goupil''' (born May 13, 1961 in [[Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec|Saint-Léon-de-Standon]], [[Quebec]]) is a former [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, who represented the electoral district of [[Lévis (provincial electoral district)|Lévis]] in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] from 1998 to 2003.<ref name=bellechasse>[http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/politique/201402/28/01-4743564-linda-goupil-candidate-pequiste-dans-bellechasse.php "Linda Goupil candidate péquiste dans Bellechasse"]. ''[[Le Soleil (Quebec)|Le Soleil]]'', February 28, 2014.</ref> First elected in the [[1998 Quebec general election|1998 provincial election]], she sat as a member of the [[Parti Québécois]] caucus, and served in the [[Executive Council of Quebec]] as [[Ministry of Justice (Quebec)|Minister of Justice]] from 1998 to 2001.

She was defeated by [[Carole Théberge]] of the [[Quebec Liberal Party]] in the [[2003 Quebec general election|2003 election]]. She ran again in the [[2007 Quebec general election|2007 election]], in which she and Théberge were both defeated by [[Christian Lévesque]] of the [[Action démocratique du Québec]].

Goupil ran in the [[2014 Quebec general election|2014 provincial election]] in the neighbouring district of [[Bellechasse (provincial electoral district)|Bellechasse]],<ref name=bellechasse/> but was not reelected to the legislature.

==Electoral record==

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|1998|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|QC|PQ|Linda Goupil |15,473|49.10}} {{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Daniel Deslauriers|11,083|35.17}} {{CANelec|QC|ADQ|Nelson Michaud|4,553|14.45}} {{CANelec|QC|PDS|Paul Biron|196|0.62}} {{CANelec|QC|Independent|Daniel Frachon|149|0.47}} {{CANelec|QC|Marxist-Leninist|Geneviève Royer|60|0.19}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|31,514|99.07}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|295|0.93}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|31,809|79.92}} {{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|39,803|–}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2003|percent=yes|change=yes}} |- {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row}} |[[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Carole Théberge]] |align="right"|12,891 |align="right"|35.12 |align="right"|-0.05 {{CANelec|QC|PQ|Linda Goupil|12,485|34.01|-15.09}} {{CANelec|QC|ADQ|Joël Bernier|10,670|29.07|+14.62}} |- {{CANelec |QC |UFP|Madeleine Provencher|442 |1.20 |–}} {{CANelec |QC |Independent|Richard Larrivée|220 |0.60 |–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 36,708 | 99.00 |–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 369 | 1.00 |–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 37,077 | 77.56 |-2.36}} {{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the list| 47,806 |–|–}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2007|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|QC|ADQ|[[Christian Lévesque]]|17,388|44.14| +15.07}} {{CANelec|QC|PQ|Linda Goupil|10,101|25.64| -8.37}} |- {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row}} |[[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]] |[[Carole Théberge]] |align="right"|9,925 |align="right"|25.19 |align="right"| -9.92 |- {{CANelec |QC |Green |Jean-Claude Lespérance |1,015 |2.58 |–}} {{CANelec|QC|QS|Valérie C. Guilloteau|802|2.04| +0.83}} |- {{CANelec|QC|PDCQ|Paul Biron|127|0.32|–}} |- {{CANelec|QC|People's Front|Serge Patenaude|36|0.09|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 39,394 | 99.32 | +0.31 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 270 | 0.68 | -0.31 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 39,664 | 79.33 | +1.78 }} {{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the list| 49,997 |–|–}} {{CANelec/gain|QC|ADQ|Liberal|+12.50}} {{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|QC|Liberal |[[Dominique Vien]] |15,843|49.27|+8.60}} {{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Stéphanie Lachance |10,668|33.18|-5.33}} {{CANelec|QC|PQ|Linda Goupil |4,283|13.32|-1.86}} {{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Benoit Comeau |378|2.69|-0.38}} {{CANelec|QC|Conservative (2009) |Patrice Aubin |344|1.18|+0.51}} {{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Mathilde Lefebvre |116|0.36|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|32,153|99.03|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|316|0.97|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|32,469|75.23|-0.89}} {{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|43,158|–|–}} {{end}}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{Quebec MNA biography|goupil-linda-3501}}

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