Pierre Bertrand (politician)

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This article is about the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

Pierre Bertrand was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 City Councillor 3 Federal Politics 4 Member of the Legislature 5 Legislative Councillor 6 Death 7 Footnotes

[edit] Early life

He was born on December 24, 1875 in Quebec City's St. Roch neighborhood.

[edit] City Councillor

Bertrand served as a city councillor in Quebec City from 1914 to 1927, 1930 to 1932 and 1936 to 1948.

[edit] Federal Politics

Bertrand ran as a Conservative candidate in the district of Quebec West in the 1921 federal election and finished second against Liberal incumbent Georges Parent.

[edit] Member of the Legislature

He ran as a Labor candidate in the district of Saint-Sauveur in the 1923 provincial election and won. He lost the 1927 provincial election. Bertrand was re-elected as a Conservative candidate in the 1931 and the 1935 elections. He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election.

[edit] Legislative Councillor

Bertrand was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec not long before the 1939 election.

[edit] Death

He died on December 22, 1948.

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Arthur Paquet (Liberal)	MLA, District of Saint-Sauveur 1923–1927	Succeeded by Charles-Édouard Cantin (Liberal)
Preceded by Charles-Édouard Cantin (Liberal)	MLA, District of Saint-Sauveur 1935–1939	Succeeded by Wilfrid Hamel (Liberal)
Preceded by Jean Mercier (Union Nationale)	Legislative Councillor for La Salle 1939–1948	Succeeded by Joseph-Théophile Larochelle (Union Nationale)