Jacques Gourde is a farmer and the Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

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. He was first elected in the 2006 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2006

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 and, on February 7, 2006 was appointed Parliamentary Secretary

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 to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency for the Regions of Quebec.

Gourde has a diploma in farming management and was a producer and exporter of hay in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage. He is married to Chantal Beaudoin and they have five children.

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