René Canuel

René Canuel (born 21 October 1936 in Sainte-Odile, Quebec) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2000. He is a professor and teacher by career.

Canuel was elected in the Matapédia-Matane electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 and 1997 federal elections, thus serving in the 35th and 36th Canadian Parliaments. Canuel left Canadian politics in 2000 as he did not seek a third term in that year's federal election.

Electoral record

1993 Canadian federal election: Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	René Canuel	18,331	57.33		$23,993
	Liberal	Maurice Gauthier	10,410	32.55	–	$44,410
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Joncas	2,448	7.66		$34,058
	Natural Law	Pierre Gauthier	570	1.78		$0
	New Democratic	Robert McKoy	218	0.68		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,977	100.00	–	$54,749
Total rejected ballots			618
Turnout			32,595	71.76
Electors on the lists			45,421
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.

References

• René Canuel – Parliament of Canada biography