Gilles Caouette (French pronunciation: [ʒil kawɛt]; February 16, 1940 – August 13, 2009) was a Canadian politician and member of Parliament.
Gilles followed in his father’s footsteps, and ran unsuccessfully for election to the House of Commons of Canada as a Ralliement créditiste or Social Credit candidate three times (1963, 1964 and 1965).
On June 24, 1977, Réal’s successor as Social Credit party leader, André-Gilles Fortin, died at the age of 33.
[2] Caouette ran in the 1979 election but lost his seat in the House of Commons.
Outside politics he worked as an administrator, draftsman, research director, and as a technician.