Georges-Henri Héon, (6 September 1902 – 8 January 1965) was an

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and Independent Progressive Conservative member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a

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and lawyer by profession. Héon attended Victoria Commercial College in

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, St Charles College in

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, then the

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attaining

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and

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degrees. He served as a senior Crown Attorney for

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district, then as a municipal solicitor for

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. He received a

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designation by the late 1940s. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding as an

in a by-election on 28 February 1938 but was defeated in the 1940 federal election in which he ran as an official Conservative candidate under the National Government banner the party was using in that election. Héon lost to James McGibbon of the

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. Although Héon frequently took a nationalist position, he sided with plans for Canada to join

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when the issue was debated in Parliament in September 1939 Archived via Canadian Museum of Civilization. but opposed plans to introduce

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. Héon won back Argenteuil in the 1945 election as an Independent Progressive Conservative, and served a full term. He was a close ally of Renaud Chapdelaine and campaigned with him in the 6 June 1949

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that elected Chapdelaine to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative MP. Héon subsequently joined the Progressive Conservative caucus immediately prior to the beginning of the 1949 federal election campaign and became party leader George A. Drew's

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in charge of the Tory campaign in that province. Due to redistribution he ran for re-election in the new riding of Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes and was defeated by

Philippe Valois Philippe Valois (27 March 1907 – 28 August 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career. Born in Lachute, Quebec, Valois was educated at the Seminaire de Joliette and the Université de Montr� ...

of the Liberals.

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* 1902 births 1965 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Independent Conservative MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Lawyers in Quebec Université de Montréal alumni People from Centre-du-Québec 20th-century Canadian lawyers Canadian King's Counsel {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub