Eugène Bellemare (April 6, 1932 — July 6, 2018) was a Canadian politician. Bellemare was a former Member of Parliament of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Ottawa—Orléans between 2000 and 2004 and previously Carleton—Gloucester from 1988 to 2000. Bellemare was a former administrator and teacher. He was a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation. Bellemare lost his riding nomination battle to Marc Godbout for the 2004 election. He was one of only eight Liberal MPs to lose their party nomination battle for the 2004 election. His son

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was an

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. Before entering federal politics, Bellemare served on the council for the

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from 1980 to 1985 and the township and then city council for

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from 1966 to 1988. Bellemare endorsed

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's bid to lead the

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in 1996 (''Canada NewsWire'', 19 August 1996).

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