Joseph-Alfred Mongrain

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Joseph-Alfred Mongrain was a politician from Quebec, Canada. ^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 Mayor of Trois-Rivières 3 Provincial Politics 4 Member of Parliament 5 Death 6 Footnotes

[edit] Background

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

[edit] Mayor of Trois-Rivières

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

[edit] Provincial Politics

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Death

Mongrain died in office on December 12, 1970.

[edit] Footnotes

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Léon Balcer, Progressive Conservative	MP, District of Trois-Rivières 1965–1970	Succeeded by Claude Lajoie, Liberal
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Rousseau	Mayor of Trois-Rivières 1949-1953	Succeeded by Léo Leblanc
Preceded by Laurent Paradis	Mayor of Trois-Rivières 1960-1963	Succeeded by Gérard Dufresne