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Canadian politician
Rene Joseph Eugene Letourneau
(17 November 1912 ? 2 July 1986) was a
Progressive Conservative party
member of the
House of Commons of Canada
. Born in
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, Quebec
, he was a lumber merchant and merchant by career.
He first attempted to win Quebec's
Stanstead
riding in the
1957 federal election
but lost to Louis-Edouard Roberge of the
Liberal party
. Letourneau defeated Roberge in the
1958 election
and was re-elected to a second term in
1962
. In the
1963 election
, Liberal candidate
Yves Forest
defeated Letourneau at Stanstead. Letourneau made one final attempt to return to Parliament in the
1965 election
but was again defeated by Forest.
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