Political party Liberal | Name Joseph Fontaine | |
Full Name Joseph Louis Rosario Fontaine Born 26 August 1900
Saint-Damase, Quebec ( 1900-08-26 ) Died 16 October 1986(1986-10-16) (aged 86)
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Spouse(s) Florentine Girard
(m. 9 January 1922) Profession master butcher, farmer, merchant | ||
Joseph Louis-Rosario Fontaine (26 August 1900 –16 October 1986) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born at Saint-Damase, Quebec. He was a master butcher, meat cutter, farmer and merchant by career.
Fontaine was mayor of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe parish between 1938 and 1952. He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Hyacinthe—Bagot riding in the 1945 general election. With a minor spelling change to the riding in 1947, he was re-elected at Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in 1949 and 1953. He was defeated by Théogène Ricard of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.
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