''Radical chrétien'' (Christian radical) was a label used by several candidates in
Canadian
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federal elections in the 1950s and 1960s.
In the
1958 federal election, Georges Rousseau unsuccessfully sought election in
Mercier
Mercier is French for ''notions dealer'' or ''haberdasher'', and may refer to:
People
* Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach
*Annick Mercier (born 1964), French curler
*Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American Judge
* Armand Mercier, (1933–20 ...
riding in
Quebec
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as a ''Radical chrétien'' candidate. He won 687 votes, 1.3% of the total.
On 29 May 1967, ''Radical chrétien'' candidates ran in three federal by-elections in Quebec ridings. Together, they won 10,506 votes, or 10.3% of the popular votes in the ridings in which they ran:
*René Villeneuve, the candidate in
Hull riding, placed second in a field of five candidates, with 8,715 votes, 38.4% of the total.
*Albert Paiement won 702 votes (6.6%) in
Papineau.
* Rolland Corbeil won 1,089 votes (6.8%) in
Richelieu—Verchères
Richelieu—Verchères 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 Chambly—Verchères, Richelieu, St. Hyacinth ...
riding.
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See also
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List of political parties in Canada
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