Gérard Cournoyer (18 April 1912 – 11 November 1973) was a
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member of the
House of Commons of Canada. He was born in
Sorel, Quebec and became a lawyer by career.
Cournoyer studied at the Saint Hyacinthe Seminary, then attended the
University of Montreal
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where he received his
Bachelor of Arts
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and
Bachelor of Laws
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degrees. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1935.
He was first elected to Parliament at the
Richelieu—Verchères
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riding in a by-election on 23 December 1946 then re-elected there in the
1949 federal election.
Cournoyer resigned his House of Commons seat on 5 July 1952 during his term in the
21st Canadian Parliament
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to pursue provincial politics in Quebec where he won a
Legislative Assembly seat in the
Richelieu riding later that year in the
1952 Quebec election. He was defeated in
1956
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, but was elected again in
1960
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and again in
1962
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. From 1960 to 1964, he was Minister of Transport and Communication under the
Jean Lesage
Jean Lesage (; 10 June 1912 – 12 December 1980) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Quebec. He served as the 19th premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960 to 16 June 1966. Alongside Georges-Émile Lapalme, René Lévesque and others, he is o ...
administration, then was minister of Hunting and Fishing until 1965, then a
minister without portfolio
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until his election defeat in
1966
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* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
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1912 births
1973 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Lawyers in Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Université de Montréal alumni
People from Sorel-Tracy
20th-century Canadian lawyers
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