Roland Godin (11 October 1926 – 22 June 2009) was a

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and Social Credit party member of the

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. He was a manager by career. Godin was born in Neuville, Quebec. He was first elected to Parliament at the Portneuf riding in the 1965 general election and re-elected in the

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and

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. From 1966 to 1971, his party was known as the Ralliement créditiste. Godin was defeated in the 1974 federal election by Pierre Bussières of the Liberal party. He ran for the

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in the 1976 provincial election and finished fourth against

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incumbent Michel Pagé in Portneuf.Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec
accessed 8 January 2011. Godin died at Donnacona, Quebec on 22 June 2009. Obituary claims death at 83 years, 8 months, which would make the birthdate October 1925 instead of 1926 as indicated in Parliament of Canada biography.

References

Courrier de Portneuf
31e année. No26. Mercredi 1er Juillet 2009. - article could not be found on this website, 6 July 2009 -->

External links

* 1926 births 2009 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Social Credit Party of Canada MPs {{quebec-MP-stub