Joseph William "Joe" Mombourquette (September 9, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and political figure in

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

. He represented

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in the

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ...

from 1982 to 1987.

Biography

He was born in Lower L'Ardoise,

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, the son of Anthony Mombourquette and Clara Sampson. He was a member of the

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for 32 years, serving during

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and the

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. He received a

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from

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in 1952. Later that year, Mombourquette married Theresa Marion Clannon. He retired from the army in 1973 at the rank of captain and went on to work in Manpower offices in New Brunswick. He was a member of the province's Executive Council as Minister of Labour and Human Resources and then

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. After he retired from politics, Mombourquette served with the Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission for ten years.

References

Premier's message on death of Joe Mombourquette, New Brunswick

Obituary for the Hon. Joseph William Mombourquette
1922 births 2007 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs People from Cape Breton Island St. Francis Xavier University alumni Canadian military personnel from New Brunswick Canadian military personnel of the Korean War Canadian Army personnel of World War II Canadian Army officers {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub