Candide Rochefort
Candide Rochefort | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal–Sainte-Marie | |
In office 1935–1939 | |
Preceded by | Gaspard Fauteux |
Succeeded by | Camillien Houde |
Personal details | |
Born | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec | February 8, 1904
Died | June 24, 1971 Montreal, Quebec | (aged 67)
Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Political party | Action libérale nationale Union Nationale |
Candide Rochefort (February 8, 1904 – June 24, 1971) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]
Early life[]
He was born on February 8, 1904 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and became a brick mason.
City politics[]
Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third.
Member of the legislature[]
He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.
Death[]
He died on June 24, 1971 in Montreal.
References[]
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1971 deaths
- Action libérale nationale MNAs
- Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
- People from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
- Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
- Union Nationale, Quebec MNA stubs