Jacques Gourde was elected for the first time in the House of Commons in 2006 and re-elected successively for the 2008 and 2011 mandates as the member for Lévis-Lotbinière. President of the Conservative Caucus for the Province of Quebec, he is also Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.
Mr. Gourde has cumulated and alternated the positions of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Service, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue, Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board.
Graduate in agricultural management, Mr. Gourde was, previously to his political involvement as a deputy, producer and exporter of hay in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. An ardent nationalist, Jacques Gourde remains an ardent defender of individual freedom and open federalism. He is very proud to represent a constituency as diverse and dynamic as Lévis-Lotbinière, and it is with determination and commitment that he listens to the voices of his constituents, and has been for almost ten years.
