Robert B. Lafrenière (7 March 1924 – 27 November 2012) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was a lawyer by career. After an unsuccessful bid for the Parliamentary seat at

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in the 1957 federal election, Lafrenière won the riding from

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incumbent Wilfrid Lacroix in the 1958 election. Lafrenière served one term, the

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, before his defeat in the 1962 election by Guy Marcoux of the Liberals. Lafrenière made two more unsuccessful attempts to return to the House of Commons, first in the 1965 election at

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, then in the 1979 election at Charlesbourg.

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* 1924 births 2012 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Lawyers in Quebec 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub