Antoine Fréchette (22 August 1905 – 17 April 1978) was a

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businessman and politician. Fréchette was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. Born in

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, he was an insurance agent, life insurance broker and life underwriter by career. He was first elected at the Témiscouata riding in the 1958 general election after two previous unsuccessful attempts to win the riding in

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

and

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

. In 1959, Fréchette sponsored

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C-21 which modified the ''Representation Act'' so that his Témiscouata electoral district was renamed Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata. After serving his only term, the

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, he was defeated in the 1962 election in this renamed riding by Philippe Gagnon of the Social Credit party.

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* 1905 births 1978 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub