Maurice Breton (August 15, 1909 – June 3, 2001) was a

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and

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. He was acclaimed after the resignation of

Georges-Émile Lapalme Georges-Émile Lapalme (January 14, 1907 – February 5, 1985) was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. Background He was born in Montreal. He studied law at ...

to the

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in a 1950 by-election as a member of the

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to represent the riding of

Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Joliette and L'Assomption—Montcalm ...

. He was re-elected in 1953 and 1957 and lost the election of 1958.

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* 1909 births 2001 deaths Lawyers in Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Joliette {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub