Antoine Fréchette (22 August 1905 – 17 April 1978) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Fréchette was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. Born in

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, he was an insurance agent, life insurance broker and life underwriter by career. He was first elected at the Témiscouata riding in the 1958 general election after two previous unsuccessful attempts to win the riding in

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

and

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

. In 1959, Fréchette sponsored

private member's bill A private member's bill is a bill (proposed law) introduced into a legislature by a legislator who is not acting on behalf of the executive branch. The designation "private member's bill" is used in most Westminster system jurisdictions, in whi ...

C-21 which modified the ''Representation Act'' so that his Témiscouata electoral district was renamed Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata. After serving his only term, the

24th Canadian Parliament The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved ...

, he was defeated in the 1962 election in this renamed riding by

Philippe Gagnon Louis-Philippe Gagnon (9 May 1909 – 19 September 2001) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in St-Jean-de-Dieu, Quebec, he was an agent, farmer and salesman by career. He was first elected at the Rivi ...

of the Social Credit party.

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* 1905 births 1978 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub