Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral

Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (born June 6, 1938) is a former Canadian politician.

Dalphond-Gurial was a registered nurse by training and later a professor of nursing. She was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Bloc Québécois MP for the riding of Laval Centre in the 1993 federal election. She served as Official Opposition Deputy Whip from 1994 to 1996, Chief BQ Whip from 1996 to 1997 and again as Deputy Whip until 2000. She also served in the BQ shadow cabinet as Citizenship and Immigration Critic from 2000 to 2004. She did not run in the 2004 federal election.

Electoral record (partial)

Canadian federal election, 1993: Laval Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral	31,462	55.19		$36,514
	Liberal	Guymond Fortin	19,031	33.39	–	$55,391
	Progressive Conservative	Bruno Fortier	4,548	7.98		$38,006
	Natural Law	Yvon Dodier	675	1.18		$2,842
	New Democratic Party	Afsun Qureshi	640	1.12		$400
	National	Joe De Santis	252	0.44		$55
	Commonwealth	Michel Destroismaisons	221	0.39		$0
	Abolitionist	Emilien Martel	174	0.31		$1,848
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,003	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,200
Turnout			59,203	79.48
Electors on the lists			74,485
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.

External links

• The Politics of Empathy By Darren Boisvert - A Canadian nurse injects her ward experiences into the halls of Parliament.
• Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral – Parliament of Canada biography