Maurice James Harquail (born 2 December 1938 in
Matapédia, Quebec
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Liberal party
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member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was a claim adjuster by career.
He represented New Brunswick's
Restigouche electoral district since winning a by-election there on 14 October 1975. He was re-elected in the
1979 and
1980 federal elections, but lost in the
1984 election to
Al Girard of the
Progressive Conservative party. Harquail served in most of the
30th Canadian Parliament, and in the
31st and
32nd Canadian Parliaments. He subsequently served as a member of the
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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Liberal
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New Democratic Party
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1938 births
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
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