Paul-Léon Dubé (27 April 1892 – 6 June 1969) was an Independent Liberal member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. He was born in St-Denis, Quebec and became a locomotive engineer by career and at one time a vice-president of the Canadian Association of Railway Employees. He was first elected to Parliament at the Restigouche—Madawaska riding in a by-election on 24 October 1949 after two previous unsuccessful campaigns there as a Conservative candidate in an October 1933 by-election and as an Independent Liberal in the 1945 federal election. After serving until the end of his term in the

21st Canadian Parliament The 21st Canadian Parliament was in session from September 15, 1949, until June 13, 1953. The membership was set by the 1949 Canadian federal election, 1949 federal election on June 27, 1949, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and b ...

, Dubé was defeated in the 1953 election by

Joseph Gaspard Boucher Joseph Gaspard Boucher (February 3, 1897 – April 18, 1955) was a journalist and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Madawaska County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1935 to 1952 and Restigouche—Mada ...

of the Liberal party. He died after years of declining health on 6 June 1969."Former MP Dies", ''Saint John Telegraph-Journal'', 7 June 1969

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* 1892 births 1969 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Independent Liberal MPs in Canada {{NewBrunswick-politician-stub