‘Michel died in the arms of his wife and two children, his soul at peace,’ Gauthier’s family said in a statement on Saturday
Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press“Michel died in the arms of his wife and two children, his soul at peace,” Gauthier’s family said in a statement on Saturday.
Gauthier was MP for 20 years, first for the riding of Roberval in Quebec’s Saguenay Lac-Saint Jean region between 1997 and 2004 and then for the new riding of Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean until 2007.During the 2019 fall federal election campaign, he briefly joined the Conservatives to help organize the party’s Quebec efforts, saying he’d renounced sovereignty but remained a Quebec nationalist.Current Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet offered his support to Gauthier’s family.
During his time in provincial politics, he served as parliamentary secretary to Jacques Parizeau, who was Quebec’s finance minister. When Duceppe was elected Bloc leader in 1997, Gauthier was appointed house leader, returning to the job he’d held under Bouchard.
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