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Roméo Gagné

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Roméo Gagné
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup
In office
1948–1956
Preceded byLéon Casgrain
Succeeded byAlphonse Couturier
Personal details
Born(1905-09-15)September 15, 1905
Mont-Joli, Quebec
DiedAugust 2, 1959(1959-08-02) (aged 53)
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Political partyUnion Nationale

Roméo Gagné (September 15, 1905 – August 2, 1959) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]

Background

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He was born on September 15, 1905, in Mont-Joli, Bas-Saint-Laurent.

City Councillor

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Gagné was a city councillor in Rivière-du-Loup from 1945 to 1951.

Member of the legislature

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He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1944 and 1948 elections against Liberal incumbent Léon Casgrain in the district of Rivière-du-Loup. He lost the first time, but was successful on his second attempt.

Gagné was re-elected in the 1952 election, but did not run for re-election in the 1956 election.

Death

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Casgrain died on August 2, 1959.

References

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  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.