Gaston Péloquin
Gaston Péloquin | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Brome—Missisquoi | |
| In office 25 October 1993 – 1 September 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Gabrielle Bertrand |
| Succeeded by | Denis Paradis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1939 Granby, Quebec |
| Died | 1 September 1994 (aged 54) Quebec |
Gaston Péloquin (11 December 1939 – 1 September 1994) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons from 1993 to 1994.
He was born in Granby, Quebec. Péloquin, who was a teacher before entering politics, was elected in the 1993 election as a Bloc Québécois candidate. However, after less than a year in office, he died in a car accident on 1 September 1994, when he crashed his car while driving on a curve near Sutton, Quebec. He was pronounced dead a local hospital, at the age of 54.
Péloquin had a son, whom he adopted from Haiti while working there as a teacher.
In the resulting byelection, he was succeeded by Denis Paradis.