Albert Goudreau

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Albert Goudreau was a Canadian politician and a four-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]

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[edit] Background

He was born in Asbestos, Eastern Townships on February 4, 1887.

[edit] City Councillor

Goudreau served as a city councillor in the township of Windsor from 1916 to 1918 and in the city of Asbestos from 1933 to 1944.

[edit] Member of the Legislature

Goudreau ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Richmond in the 1935 election and won against Liberal incumbent Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais.

He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election, but was defeated in the 1939 election.

He was re-elected in the 1944 and the 1948 elections, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Émilien Lafrance in the 1952 election.

[edit] Mayor

He served as Mayor of Asbestos from 1945 to 1950.

[edit] Death

He died on October 12, 1962 in Sherbrooke.

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by
Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais (Liberal)
MLA, District of Richmond
1935-1939
Succeeded by
Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais (Liberal)
Preceded by
Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais (Liberal)
MLA, District of Richmond
1944-1952
Succeeded by
Émilien Lafrance (Liberal)
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