Raymond Bruneau (June 12, 1917 – July 5, 1971) was an

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translator and political figure. He was a member of the

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representing Prescott and defeating the 24-year incumbent Liberal MP,

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, to sit as an

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from 1949 to 1953. He sat for Glengarry—Prescott as a

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from 1953 to 1957. He was born in

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in 1917, the son of Joseph Bruneau. He studied political science and constitutional law at the

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. In 1944, he married Marie-Thérèse O'Rourke. Bruneau worked in

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as a translator in the federal public service. He was unsuccessful in attempts at reelection in 1957, 1958 and 1963.

References

* ''Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell'', L. Brault (1963)

External links

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''Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, 1945-1978'', O & F Marin (1982)
1917 births 1971 deaths 20th-century Canadian translators English–French translators French–English translators Independent Liberal MPs in Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Hawkesbury, Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub