Florian Côté (17 May 1929 – 29 January 2002) was a Liberal party member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a farmer by career. He was first elected at the Nicolet—Yamaska riding in a 19 September 1966 by-election. In the next federal election in 1968, he was elected at

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, and re-elected two more times there in the

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and 1974 federal elections. Côté left federal politics after completing his term in the

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SorelTracyRegion.net: "Décès de l'ancien député fédéral Florian Côté"
(obituary, 5 February 2002) 1929 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Canadian farmers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub