Candide Rochefort
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Candide Rochefort was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). [1]
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[edit] Early life
He was born on February 8, 1904 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and became a brick mason.
[edit] City politics
Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third.
[edit] Member of the Legislature
He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of in the district of Montréal-Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.
[edit] Death
He died on June 24, 1971 in Montreal.
[edit] Footnotes
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| Preceded by Gaspard Fauteux (Liberal) |
MLA, District of Montréal-Sainte-Marie 1935–1939 |
Succeeded by Camillien Houde (Independent) |
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