Joseph Francis Gavan Power (13 June 1918 – 1973) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a lawyer by career. Frank Power was a veteran of the Canadian Army. He became a prisoner of war of the

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when

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fell on Christmas Day of 1941. He like other allied prisoners of war suffered from the inhumane treatment administered by the Japanese, and bore the scars for the remainder of his life. He was first elected at the

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riding in a 26 September 1955 by-election succeeding his father,

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, who was appointed to the Senate. Power was re-elected at Quebec South in the 1957 federal election but defeated by

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of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1958 election. Power is among the

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members of Parliament, such as his grandfather William Power and his nephew

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as well as Charles Power, a senior cabinet minister in

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's cabinet.

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* 1918 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Canadian lawyers Lawyers in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub