# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-gauthier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:57:18.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-gauthier"
name: "Michel Gauthier"
slug: "michel-gauthier"
description: "Michel Gauthier was a Canadian politician, who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997. As the party was the Official Opposition during the 35th Parliament of Canada, this made Gauthier the Leader of the Opposition during his tenure as party leader. He later recanted his sovereignist views when he joined the Conservative Party two years before his death."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1950-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel_Gauthier_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-02-18"
deathDate: "2020-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.476098666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gauthier"
    title: "Michel Gauthier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ميشيل غوثير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ميشيل جوثير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gauthier"
    title: "Michel Gauthier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%87"
    title: "میشل گوتیه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gauthier_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Michel Gauthier (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3309730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump