Omer Côté (13 January 1906 – 15 June 1999) was a

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politician and a Member of the

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Political career

Born in

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, Côté ran for a seat to the city council of Montreal in 1934 in the district of Ville-Marie, but was defeated by incumbent Tancrède Fortin. He ran again in 1936 and was successful against Fortin. Côté was re-elected in 1938 but did not run for re-election in 1940. Côté ran unsuccessfully as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1942

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in the district of

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. He was, however, successful in the Quebec general election in 1944 and was re-elected in

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and

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. He also was appointed Minister in the

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, serving as Province Secretary from 1944 to 1956. Côté resigned his other posts in 1956 to become a judge, then left the bench in 1976 after reaching mandatory retirement age. After his death in 1999, he was entombed at the

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in Montreal.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cote, Omer 1906 births 1999 deaths Montreal city councillors Lawyers from Montreal Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec