Gaetan-Joseph Serré (January 24, 1938 – November 24, 2017) was a

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politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the

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from 1968 to 1972. He was a member of the

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. Serré won the riding in 1968, defeating

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Norman Fawcett Norman Edward Fawcett (July 29, 1910 – January 26, 1997) was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada from 1965 to 1968. He was a member of the New Democratic Party. He was born ...

. He served a single term, losing the riding in the next election to another New Democrat candidate,

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. Serré subsequently returned to teaching. In 2003, he launched a new

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(VoIP) telephone business in Sturgeon Falls with his daughter Lynne Gervais and son

Marc Serré Marc G. Serré (born January 28, 1967) is a former Liberal Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt. He was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019 and 2021, but was defeated in 2025 by Jim Belanger. He is the son of Gaetan Serré, who repr ...

. PhoneNet Communications was sold to Unitz Online in 2005. His younger brother

Benoît Serré Benoît Serré (April 7, 1951 – May 11, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming—French River from 1993 to 1997, and Timiskaming—Cochrane from 1997 to 2004, in the House of Commons of Canada. He was a me ...

served in the House of Commons from 1993 to 2004, and his son Marc was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election as MP for Nickel Belt. Serré died of cancer on November 24, 2017, at the age of 79.Décès de l'ancien député de Nickel Belt Gaetan Serré

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* 1938 births 2017 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Franco-Ontarian people People from West Nipissing 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub