Joseph Roger Eugene Pichette ( DFC) (August 14, 1921 – November 21, 2002) was a Canadian politician. Born in Chandler, Quebec, he attended school in Campbellton, New Brunswick where he lived for most of his life. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He rose to the level of

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and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1943 Roger Pichette married Florence Olscamp (1923–2002) of Ste-Anne de Restigouche ( Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation), Quebec. The couple had a son and three daughters. Pichette was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Progressive Conservative Party member for the Restigouche riding in the 1952 Provincial election. New premier

Hugh John Flemming Hugh John Flemming (January 5, 1899 – October 16, 1982) was a politician and the 24th premier of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960. He is always known as "Hugh John". Born in Peel, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of James Kidd Flemming, Premi ...

appointed him Minister of Industry and Development on October 8, 1952. Reelected in 1956, Pichette remained Minister until July 12, 1960 when his party was defeated in the

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. In the

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, Pichette was the unsuccessful Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's candidate in the federal riding of Restigouche. Roger Pichette died in Moncton, New Brunswick in 2002 at age eighty-one. His wife died less than two months later. They are buried in Campbellton, New Brunswick.

References

* Magocsi, Paul Robert. ''Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples'' (1999) University of Toronto Press
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick tribute to Roger Pichette
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