Felton Fenwick Legere (18 September 1913 – 15 August 1963) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was born in

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, the son of Aldric Legere and Evangeline Amirault.Le Petit Courrier du Sud-ouest de la Nouvelle-Écosse 22 August 1963 Vol. 27 No. 20. - page 1 He was a

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merchant by career. He was first elected at the

Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Dig ...

riding in the 1958 general election and re-elected there in the 1962 election. Legere left federal politics in 1963 after completing his term in the

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. He died on August 15, 1963, at his home in

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after suffering a heart attack.

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* 1913 births 1963 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{NovaScotia-politician-stub