Rouville Beaudry (August 26, 1904 – May 14, 1997) was a Canadian politician active in

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. He was a Member of the

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(MLA).

Career

Born in Magog,

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, Beaudry ran as an

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candidate in the provincial district of Stanstead in the 1935 provincial election and won against

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incumbent Alfred-Joseph Bissonet. He joined

Maurice Duplessis Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959), was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A conservative, nationalist, anti-Communist, anti-unionist and fervent Catholic, he and his ...

's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. Beaudry resigned and left provincial politics in 1938. He served as a city councillor in Magog from 1944 to 1948.

References

1904 births 1997 deaths Action libérale nationale MNAs People from Magog, Quebec Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs French Quebecers {{Union-Nationale-Quebec-MNA-stub