Georges-Joseph Valade (25 March 1922 – 12 September 1997) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Valade was born in

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, where his father was employed as a typographer. He received a degree in pharmacy from the

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, and took further studies at

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. He was a pharmacist by career.''Winnipeg Free Press'', 4 February 1969, p. 13. He was first elected at the Sainte-Marie riding in the 1958 general election after two previous unsuccessful attempts to enter the House of Commons: in the 1953 election at

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and in the 1957 election at Sainte-Marie. Valade was re-elected at Sainte-Marie in the

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, 1965, 1968 federal elections. After the 1968 election, he was the only remaining Progressive Conservative representative from

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. He was defeated in the 1972 federal election by Raymond Dupont of the

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. Another attempt to win the riding in the 1974 election was also unsuccessful. He died in Montreal in September 1997.

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George Valade's obituary
1922 births 1997 deaths American emigrants to Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Baltimore Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub