David Côté (February 10, 1915 – March 8, 1969) was a Canadian politician in Quebec. Côté was the only member of the Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif (the Quebec section of the

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) ever elected to the

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. Côté was a

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organizer for the

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working amongst

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in Rouyn. He was elected to the legislative assembly as the CCF member for

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in the 1944 provincial election with 21% of the vote. He sat as an independent from July 22, 1945 until the end of his term and did not seek re-election in the 1948 election.

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* 1915 births 1969 deaths Canadian socialists 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec Congress of Industrial Organizations people Trade unionists from Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub