Charles Richard (10 March 1900 – 31 May 1978) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. Born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, he was a dental surgeon by career. Richard's first attempt at a House of Commons seat was in the 1935 federal election at Kamouraska, where he was defeated by Joseph Georges Bouchard of the

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. During

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Richard was a member of the

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. At one time he also served as vice-president of Quebec's provincial dental society (''Société dentaire de Québec''). He was first elected at the Kamouraska riding in the 1958 general election. He served only one federal term, the

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, before being defeated in the 1962 election by

Charles-Eugène Dionne Charles-Eugène Dionne (27 May 1908 – 4 August 1984) was a Social Credit Party and Ralliement créditiste member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Pascal, Quebec and became a lumberjack in his youth. Years later he be ...

of the Social Credit party.

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* 1900 births 1978 deaths Canadian dentists Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Canadian military personnel of World War II People from Bas-Saint-Laurent 20th-century dentists {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub