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Place of Birth: Quebec, Canada
About Gertrude Bourdon
- Gertrude Bourdon (ca 1955) is a Canadian health professional and politician. Bourdon was educated at the Polyvalente de Saint-Prosper and the CĂ©gep Limoilou.
- She went on to study nursing at the Université Laval and public administration at the École nationale d'administration publique.
- In 2009, she was named director general for the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CHUQ).
- In 2012, she was responsible for the union of the Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec with the CHUQ.
- She then became president/director-general of the amalgamated network of hospitals.
- She resigned her position in August 2018 to run for political office.Bourdon was recognized as one of Canada's TOP 100 most influential women by the Women's Executive Network in 2014.
- In 2016, she was named to the Académie des Grands Québécois by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec.
- She was awarded the Prix Rachel-Bureau by the Ordre régional des infirmières et infirmiers de Québec.
- In 2018, she was named an Officer in the Order of Canada.Following her resignation, Bourdon announced that she would run as a Quebec Liberal Party candidate in the riding of Jean-Lesage in the 2018 Quebec general election.
- She had already refused an offer to run as a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec.
- It was announced that she would become Minister of Health if the Liberals formed the next government in Quebec.On 1 October 2018, Bourdon lost her election (5,305 votes) to Sol Zanetti (QS 10,304) where she came in third place behind Christiane Gamache (CAQ- 9,635)
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