Gisèle Gallichan

Gisèle Gallichan (b. July 6, 1946, Quebec City – d. October 6, 2025, Sainte-Pétronille, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian journalist and television presenter.

Life and career Gallichan was born in Quebec City July 6, 1946. She was the daughter of journalist Lionel Gallichan and Alice Boucher. She grew up in Quebec City along with her brother, , while spending her summers growing up with her grandparents in L'Islet-sur-Mer.

In her youth, Gallichan was attracted to the theatre, entering the at the age of 17, where she notably met and . To pay for her studies, she hosted radio shows at CKCV. She was then drawn towards journalism, seeing it as an appealing challenge. She graduated from the Conservatoire in 1967 and joined CJLR as a parliamentary correspondent in Quebec City. She became the first female journalist in electronic media to be admitted to the Quebec National Assembly press gallery. She covered the Union Nationale leadership race of Jean-Guy Cardinal in 1969 and was press attaché for Minister of Immigration Mario Beaulieu. Following the victory of the Quebec Liberal Party in 1970, she was a press attaché to Pierre Laporte. After a brief hiatus, she returned to the press room in 1971. After following theatre and journalism for several years, she devoted herself entirely to journalism following the .

In August 1983, Gallichan became co-host of the news television show Aujourd'hui on CFCM-DT. She then joined Radio-Québec, covering the 1994 general election alongside . In 1996, she was named cheffe de cabinet for Premier Lucien Bouchard. The following year, she joined the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment. She was a lifetime member of the press office alongside her husband, Gilles Normand, a journalist for La Presse.

Gallichan died in Sainte-Pétronille on 6 October 2025, at the age of 79.