Joseph-Adolphe Richard (February 14, 1887 – July 12, 1964) was a

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Member of the

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. He was born on February 14, 1887, in Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, and was a contractor.

Provincial Politics

Richard ran as a

candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice in the 1944 election. He received 23% of the vote and finished third, behind Marc Trudel of the Union Nationale and

René Hamel Joseph-Irénée-René Hamel (February 9, 1910 – December 16, 1982) was a local politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Canadian Parliament and as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Early life He was born in ...

of the Bloc populaire.

Member of Parliament

In the 1949 election, Richard successfully ran as a

candidate for the federal district of

Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Saint-Maurice—Laflèche (previously known as St-Maurice—Laflèche) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was created as "St-Maurice—Laflèche" ridi ...

, against Hamel, who was the incumbent. He was re-elected in

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and

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, but remained a

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. He lost his re-election bid in

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, against Social Credit candidate

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. Under his tenure, a new main post office was constructed at 395 Avenue de la Station and the

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moved into a new armory, located at 1825 Boulevard Royal.

Footnotes

1887 births 1964 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs People from Centre-du-Québec {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub