Yves Forest
Yves Forest | |
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Member of Parliament for Stanstead | |
In office April 1963 – June 1968 | |
Member of Parliament for Missisquoi | |
In office June 1968 – October 1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada | 25 June 1921
Died | 18 July 2019 Magog, Quebec, Canada | (aged 98)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth St-Martin m. 15 August 1947 |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Yves Forest, QC (25 June 1921 – 18 July 2019) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Forest attended school at Saint-Charles Seminary in Sherbrooke, then earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at Université de Montréal.[1]
He was first elected at the Stanstead riding in the 1963 general election then re-elected there in the 1965 election. In the 1968 election, he was elected to another Parliamentary term at Missisquoi riding. Forest left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1972 federal election at Brome—Missisquoi.
Since January 2004, Forest became a director of the Historical Society of Magog and was honoured for his work in November 2009.[2] He died in July 2019 at the age of 98.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Normandin, Pierre G. (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ "AGA et hommage à Yves Forest (AGM and homage to Yves Forest)" (in French). 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ L’ancien député Yves Forest s’éteint à 98 ans
External links[]
- 1921 births
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- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Politicians from Sherbrooke
- Lawyers in Quebec
- Canadian Queen's Counsel
- French Quebecers
- Liberal Party, Quebec MP stubs