Télesphore-Damien Bouchard (December 20, 1881 – November 13, 1962) was a politician in

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, Canada. Born in

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, he was the mayor of the municipality from 1917 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1944 and president of the

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in 1918. He also founded the Union des municipalités de la province du Québec (Federation of municipalities in the province of Quebec) in 1919. He served as

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leader of the Opposition in the

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from 1936 to 1939, after Liberal leader

Adélard Godbout Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 – September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He served as leader of the Parti Libéral du Qu� ...

lost the 1936 election and also narrowly lost his own seat. Bouchard served as opposition leader while Godbout remained leader of the Liberal Party. After the Liberals returned to power in the 1939 election, he served in Godbout's cabinet. Resigned in 1944 when he was appointed to the

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, where he remained until his death. Overall, he was the MLA for the district of

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from 1912 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1944. A leading campaigner for public ownership of electric utilities, he became first president of

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in April 1944. Two months later he was fired by Premier Godbout, after Bouchard made a series of anticlerical statements.

Biography

* GUTTMAN, Frank Myron, The Devil from Saint-Hyacinthe: Senator Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, A Tragic Hero, iUniverse Books, New York, 2007, 405 p.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouchard, Telesphore-Damien 1881 births 1962 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada senators Mayors of places in Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Hydro-Québec Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec

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