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Joseph Alfred Mongrain

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Preceded by
  
Leon Balcer

Succeeded by
  
Claude Lajoie

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada


Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Joseph-Alfred Mongrain

Resigned
  
December 23, 1970

Born
  
December 28, 1908 St-Tite, Mauricie, Quebec (
1908-12-28
)

Political party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Occupation
  
Public relations officer

Died
  
December 23, 1970, Trois-Rivieres, Canada

Joseph-Alfred Mongrain was a politician from Quebec, Canada.

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Background

He was born on December 28, 1908 in St-Tite, Mauricie. He was a public relations officer.

Mayor of Trois-Rivières

He was Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1949 to 1953 and from 1960 to 1963.

Provincial Politics

He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1952 in the district of Trois-Rivières against Premier Maurice Duplessis. Duplessis got re-elected.

Member of Parliament

He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1953 in the district of Trois-Rivières and in 1958 in the district of Champlain. Each time he lost.

He won as an Independent candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in the 1965 federal election. He was re-elected in 1968 as a Liberal.

Death

Mongrain died in office on December 23, 1970.

References

Joseph-Alfred Mongrain Wikipedia